HRL Realisations 2025 Limited
Registered name: HRL REALISATIONS 2025 LIMITED
Part of Herbert Group Limited groupHRL Realisations 2025 Limited made £23.2m revenue and £17.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
HRL Realisations 2025 Limited’s revenue grew 84% to £23.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £17.2k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in 120 Colmore Row; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- 120 Colmore Row, West Midlands
- Age
- 117 yrs · since 1909
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £12.6m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £11.8m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | −£34.8k | £813k | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£981k | £106k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | −£336k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | £17.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | £17.2k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 110 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −20.4% | −10.8% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | −0.4% | 6.5% | 6.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £79.1k | £115k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.1k | −£12.3k | £155 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.7% | ▲84.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £32.2k | £1.4k | £14.9k |
| Net assets | −£4m | −£4.6m | −£4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £62.4k | £47.1k | £77.6k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £6.6m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.5m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £528k | £970k | £347k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £155
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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 −£4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲937%
- Now £14.9k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £347k
- Fixed assets
- ▲65%
- Now £77.6k
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
- Herbert Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HRL Realisations 2025 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Herbert & Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Herbert Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Blueprint Design Engineering LimitedUlverston · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £23.7m
- Profit
- £6.3m
- Staff
- 52
- Vector GB LimitedBirmingham · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £21.7m
- Profit
- £929k
- Staff
- 46
- Electronic Temperature Instruments LimitedWorthing · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £25m
- Profit
- £2.7m
- Staff
- 211
- Campbell Scientific LimitedLoughborough · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £25.2m
- Profit
- £2.7m
- Staff
- 125
- Seaward Electronic LimitedPeterlee Co Durham · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £21.4m
- Profit
- £522k
- Staff
- 190
- Stanhope-Seta LimitedChertsey · Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Revenue
- £21m
- Profit
- £4.8m
- Staff
- 88
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £17.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.