Hayley Group Holding Limited
Registered name: HAYLEY GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Part of Descours & Caband Sa groupHayley Group Holding Limited made £329m revenue and £8.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hayley Group Holding Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £329m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.3m profit and 1,282 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £292m | £306m | £329m |
| Cost of sales | −£188m | −£196m | −£211m |
| Gross profit | £104m | £110m | £118m |
| Operating profit | £18.2m | £14.5m | £13.5m |
| Profit before tax | £18.3m | £14.9m | £13.9m |
| Profit after tax | £12.3m | £8.6m | £8.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £12.3m | £8.6m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,118 | 1,182 | 1,282 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 36% | 35.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £261k | £259k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £7.2k | £6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.2% | ▼3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 1,282
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Descours & Caband Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hayley Group Holding Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hayley Group LimitedRev. £266m · Profit £18.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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