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Company No. 09027723 · Incorporated 7 May 2014

Harrington & Byrne Limited

Registered name: HARRINGTON & BYRNE LIMITED

Part of H&J Trustees Limited group

Harrington & 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.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
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.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£38.3m
Growth ▼4.1%
Profit
£5.3m
Growth ▲0.6%
Profit margin
13.8%
Gross 37.6%
Employees
50
Change ▼7.4%
Profit / employee
£106k
Revenue/employee £766k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)50615450
Ratios
Profit margin13%15.8%13.2%13.8%
Gross margin38.5%37.1%35.8%37.6%
Revenue per employee£848k£727k£740k£766k
Profit per employee£110k£115k£97.4k£106k
Cash conversion76.1%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——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. H&J Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. H&J Group Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Harrington & Byrne Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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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