The Hill Company Limited
Registered name: THE HILL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of H.W. Coates (Holdings) Limited groupThe Hill Company Limited made £9.4m revenue and £709k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Hill Company Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £709k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “archives activities” and is based in West Thurrock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Thurrock, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Motherwell Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £8.4m | £9m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £369k | £379k | £431k | £360k |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £8m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £660k | £736k | £876k | £709k |
| Profit (best available) | £660k | £736k | £876k | £709k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 62 | 67 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 8.8% | 9.7% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 95.4% | 95.5% | 95.2% | 96.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £135k | £135k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | £11.9k | £13.1k | £10k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲7.7% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▲18.9% | ▼19% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲8.1% | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £10.1m | £11m | £11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £27.9m | £28.3m | £31.2m | £30.2m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8.2m | £9m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 96.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 319.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £11.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £30.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- H.W. Coates (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H.W. Coates Limited75–100%
- Motherwell Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Hill Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Solus 31 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solus 32 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solus 33 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £709k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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