The Harbro Group Ltd.
Registered name: THE HARBRO GROUP LTD.
Part of Kroll International (UK) Limited groupThe Harbro Group Ltd. made a £933k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
The Harbro Group Ltd. reported a loss of £933k in the year to 30 Jun 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Turriff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Turriff, Scotland
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £124m | £120m | £131m |
| Profit after tax | £191k | −£41k | −£933k |
| Profit (best available) | £191k | −£41k | −£933k |
| Staff costs | £50k | £36k | £37k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £95.5k | −£20.5k | −£467k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼121.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £1k | £2m |
| Net assets | £243k | −£462k | −£1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £13.7m | £13.3m | £12.8m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.1m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £17k | £10k | £19k |
| Deferred income | £287k | £289k | £189k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£467k
- 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 −£1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲204600%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £189k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £12.8m
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
- Kroll International (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kroll Agency and Trustee Services Ltd.75–100%
- Kroll Trustee Services Limited75–100%
- The Harbro Group Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Almins LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Feedmix LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Harbro Group Nominee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (9)
- Harbro LimitedRev. £141m · Profit £3m
- Transpan (Scotland) LimitedRev. £12.2m · Profit £13k
- Murray Farmcare LimitedRev. £11.3m · Profit −£24.7k
- Strathclyde Nutrition Ltd.Rev. £11m · Profit £1.2m
- CC Agritech II LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.9m
- North Star DB Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viridor (Glasgow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viridor Clyde Valley LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viridor Dunbar Waste Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£933k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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