Allen (Hanford) Limited
Registered name: ALLEN (HANFORD) LIMITED
Allen (Hanford) Limited made £11.8m revenue and £17k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Allen (Hanford) Limited’s revenue was £11.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £17k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Didcot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Didcot, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11.7m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £299k | £501k | £310k |
| Profit before tax | £278k | £678k | £101k |
| Profit after tax | £99.9k | £793k | £17k |
| Profit (best available) | £99.9k | £793k | £17k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 41 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | 6.8% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 26.5% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £286k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £19.3k | £405 |
| Cash conversion | −328.6% | −259.5% | −483.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲694% | ▼97.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £57.2k |
| Net assets | £11.3m | £12.1m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £14.3m | £14.4m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £603k | £316k | £614k |
| Cash from operations | −£983k | −£1.3m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £405
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −483.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 119.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲0%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £57.2k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £14.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £17k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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