Ison Harrison Limited
Registered name: ISON HARRISON LIMITED
Part of Northern Star Trustees Limited groupIson Harrison Limited made £33.8m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ison Harrison Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £33.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 390 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £20m | £24.4m | £33.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £10.5m | £12.6m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £9.5m | £11.7m | £16.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £10.6m | £11.9m | £15.3m | £21m |
| Employees (average) | 248 | 251 | 326 | 390 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.3% | 17.8% | 14.4% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 53% | 47.6% | 48.3% | 48.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.9k | £79.7k | £74.7k | £86.7k |
| Profit per employee | £14.3k | £14.2k | £10.8k | £12.3k |
| Cash conversion | 91.1% | 83.2% | 145.7% | 68.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲21.8% | ▲38.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▼1.1% | ▲36.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲29.9% | ▲19.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £7.3m | £8.6m | £10.6m |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £9m | £10.7m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £496k | £481k | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £12.8m | £17m | £20.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £2m | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | £2.4m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 68.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £10.6m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 390
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £3.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £3.2m
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
- Northern Star Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ison Harrison Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cohen Cramer 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 £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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