Able HR Limited
Registered name: ABLE HR LIMITED
Able HR Limited made £21.6m revenue and £116k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Able HR Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £21.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £116k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Norwich; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Aug 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £42.6m | £31m | £22.7m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.9m | £38.4m | £27.9m | £19.9m | £20.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £4.2m | £3.2m | £2.7m | £798k |
| Profit before tax | £398k | £786k | £590k | £1.3m | £173k |
| Profit after tax | £342k | £683k | £433k | £1.2m | £116k |
| Profit (best available) | £342k | £683k | £433k | £1.2m | £116k |
| Employees (average) | 335 | 148 | 149 | 108 | 39 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 5.4% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 10% | 10.2% | 12.1% | 3.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.2k | £288k | £208k | £210k | £553k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £4.6k | £2.9k | £11.4k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼26.9% | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲183.9% | ▼90.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼27.5% | ▼63.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £19.1k | £62.2k | £49.7k | £72k | £45.3k |
| Net assets | £50.4k | £63.4k | £3.9k | £1m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £28.8k | £28.6k | £31.3k | £408k | £433k |
| Current assets | £75.4k | £119k | £79.9k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £1.5k | £2.4k | £2k | £8.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £553k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £45.3k
- Headcount
- ▼64%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £433k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Arc (Norwich) LimitedRev. £28.8m · Profit £84.6k
- Additions Contractors LimitedRev. £21.4m · Profit £77.7k
- Able HR Investco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Able HR Investco 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paysense 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 £116k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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