H.F.L. Building Solutions Limited
Registered name: H.F.L. BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Saxton Group Holdings Limited groupH.F.L. Building Solutions Limited made £19.2m revenue and £262k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
H.F.L. Building Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £262k profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “combined facilities support activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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.
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 | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £15.8m | £17.9m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £12.3m | £14m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £122k | £242k | £473k | £406k |
| Profit before tax | £119k | £259k | £433k | £367k |
| Profit after tax | £139k | £198k | £334k | £262k |
| Profit (best available) | £139k | £198k | £334k | £262k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 130 | 134 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 22% | 21.8% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £121k | £134k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £1.5k | £2.5k | £2k |
| Cash conversion | −655.5% | 160.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲13.7% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.6% | ▲68.8% | ▼21.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲3.1% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £973k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £40.3k | £21.9k | £53k | £624k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.1m | £6.8m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £276k | £549k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£797k | £388k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1078%
- Now £624k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Saxton Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H.F.L. Building Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Saxton Group Properties 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 £262k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.