Harrington & Byrne Limited
Registered name: HARRINGTON & BYRNE LIMITED
Part of H&J Trustees Limited groupHarrington & Byrne Limited made £38.3m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Harrington & Byrne Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £38.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.3m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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: “The Company's immediate parent undertaking is H&J Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.4m | £44.3m | £39.9m | £38.3m |
| Cost of sales | £26.1m | £27.9m | £25.6m | £23.9m |
| Gross profit | £16.3m | £16.5m | £14.3m | £14.4m |
| Operating profit | £6.8m | £8.6m | £7m | £7m |
| Profit before tax | £6.8m | £8.6m | £7m | £7.1m |
| Profit after tax | £5.5m | £7m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.5m | £7m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 61 | 54 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13% | 15.8% | 13.2% | 13.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 37.1% | 35.8% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £848k | £727k | £740k | £766k |
| Profit per employee | £110k | £115k | £97.4k | £106k |
| Cash conversion | 76.1% | 41.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▼9.9% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27% | ▼24.9% | ▲0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22% | ▼11.5% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £4m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £9m | £11.4m | £10.3m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £128k | £114k | £78.3k | £46.1k |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £14.8m | £13.5m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £7.8m | £8.7m | £9.9m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.1m | £953k | £697k |
| Cash from operations | £5.2m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £766k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £106k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £697k
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £46.1k
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
- H&J Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H&J Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Harrington & Byrne Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- The Jubilee Mint LimitedRev. — · Profit £492k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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