Hollis Global Limited
Registered name: HOLLIS GLOBAL LIMITED
Part of Hollis Global Trust Company Limited groupHollis Global Limited made £53.7m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Hollis Global Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £53.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.8m profit and 469 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.7m | £54.5m | £53.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£29.4m | −£29.1m | −£28.3m |
| Gross profit | £24.3m | £25.4m | £25.3m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £5.3m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 494 | 477 | 469 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 45.2% | 46.5% | 47.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £114k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £7.5k | £7.4k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▼19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 469
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hollis Global Trust Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hollis Global Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Hollis Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Malcolm Hollis (Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Malcolm Hollis Holdings 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 £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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