HGF Business Services Limited
Registered name: HGF BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Cbpe Capital LLP groupHGF Business Services Limited made £30.2m revenue and £43.4k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
HGF Business Services Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £30.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £43.4k profit. The company is classified under “activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.4m | £24m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | £22.4m | £23.9m | −£30.1m |
| Gross profit | £14k | £101k | £58.5k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £58.5k |
| Profit before tax | £13.5k | £101k | £58k |
| Profit after tax | £12k | £99k | £43.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £12k | £99k | £43.4k |
| Staff costs | £21.8m | £23.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 354 | 382 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.3k | £62.9k | — |
| Profit per employee | £34 | £259 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲723.2% | ▼56.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £128k | £227k | — |
| Fixed assets | £64 | £0 | — |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.8m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cbpe Capital LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Project Orion Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Orion Noteco Limited75–100%
- Project Orion Midco Limited75–100%
- Project Orion Bidco Limited75–100%
- HGF Limited75–100%
- HGF Business Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- HGF Legal LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £43.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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