Henry Squire & Sons Limited
Registered name: HENRY SQUIRE & SONS LIMITED
Part of Henry Squire & Sons Holdings Limited groupHenry Squire & Sons Limited made £11.2m revenue and £500k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Henry Squire & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £500k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of locks and hinges” and is based in Walsall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 120 yrs · since 1906
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Henry Squire & Sons Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Copies of the group accounts of Henry Squire & Sons Holdings ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.5m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £326k | £460k |
| Profit before tax | — | £326k | £461k |
| Profit after tax | — | £355k | £500k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £355k | £500k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 47 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 45.1% | 43.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £223k | £229k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.6k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲40.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £227k | £402k | £307k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £933k | £870k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.1m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £37.1k | £331k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £229k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £307k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲793%
- Now £331k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £870k
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
- Henry Squire & Sons Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Henry Squire & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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- Profit
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- Profit
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £500k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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