H.F. Comms Limited
Registered name: H.F. COMMS LIMITED
Part of HF Group Limited groupH.F. Comms Limited made £11.7m revenue and £10.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
H.F. Comms Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £10.5k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £18.7m | £14.1m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £14.2m | £9.6m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £4.5m | £4.6m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £25.7k | £185k | £90.4k | −£28k |
| Profit before tax | £25.7k | £197k | £162k | £35.4k |
| Profit after tax | £13.6k | £147k | £105k | £10.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.6k | £147k | £105k | £10.5k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 84 | 75 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 23.9% | 32.4% | 30.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £195k | £222k | £189k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £157 | £1.8k | £1.4k | £165 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▼24.2% | ▼17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲977.9% | ▼28.7% | ▼89.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼10.7% | ▼14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £789k | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4 | £4 | £4 | £4 |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.8m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £165
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £4
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HF Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H F Electrical Limited50–75%
- H.F. Comms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- HF Fire & Security LtdFigures not disclosed
- HF Mechanical & Electrical LtdFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £10.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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