Harding Brothers Retail Operations Limited
Registered name: HARDING BROTHERS RETAIL OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Harding Retail Ihc Ltd groupHarding Brothers Retail Operations Limited made £3.9m revenue and £193k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Harding Brothers Retail Operations Limited’s revenue was £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £193k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Avonmouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Avonmouth, South West
- 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. From the filing: “Harding Brothers Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£351 |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £221k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £221k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £193k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £193k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 28 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £139k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £360k | £488k | — |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4.3m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Harding Retail Ihc Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Harding Brothers Holdings Limited75–100%
- Harding Brothers Retail Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Harding Brothers Retail LimitedRev. £296m · Profit −£20m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £193k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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