William Hare Painting Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM HARE PAINTING LIMITED
Part of Orange UK Holdings Limited groupWilliam Hare Painting Limited made £8.6m revenue and £39.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
William Hare Painting Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £39.4k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and coating of metals” and is based in Bury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £13.1m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.1m | −£12.4m | −£8.1m |
| Gross profit | £571k | £710k | £524k |
| Operating profit | £70.1k | £47.7k | £4.1k |
| Profit before tax | £70.1k | £47.7k | £4.1k |
| Profit after tax | £10.7k | −£154k | £39.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.7k | −£154k | £39.4k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.3% | 5.4% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £230k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £298 | −£2.7k | £716 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▼34.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1531% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲58.3% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £716
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Orange UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Orange Assets Holdco Limited75–100%
- Orange Assets Bidco Limited75–100%
- William Hare Group Limited75–100%
- William Hare Painting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Cellbeam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cellshield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Richard Lees Decking LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Richard Lees Steel Decking LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare Assets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare Rotherham LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £39.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026