Hilmer (Northern Ireland) Limited
Registered name: HILMER (NORTHERN IRELAND) LIMITED
Hilmer (Northern Ireland) Limited made £1.3m revenue and £137k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Hilmer (Northern Ireland) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £1.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £137k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £677k | £712k | £706k | £647k |
| Gross profit | £791k | £667k | £667k | £695k |
| Operating profit | £383k | £136k | £193k | £189k |
| Profit before tax | £393k | £148k | £190k | £183k |
| Profit after tax | £318k | £119k | £142k | £137k |
| Profit (best available) | £318k | £119k | £142k | £137k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.7% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 53.9% | 48.4% | 48.6% | 51.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.7k | £98.6k | £85.8k | £67.1k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £8.5k | £8.9k | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼0.5% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.7% | ▲20.1% | ▼3.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▲14.3% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £266k | £97.6k | £160k | £46.2k |
| Net assets | £634k | £52.5k | £55k | £52.1k |
| Fixed assets | £58.8k | £52k | £36.9k | £22k |
| Current assets | £732k | £292k | £484k | £809k |
| Debtors | £332k | £2.2k | £148k | £564k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 42%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £52.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £46.2k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £22k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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