Hobson & Sons Group LimitedDissolved
Registered name: HOBSON & SONS GROUP LIMITED
Hobson & Sons Group Limited made £2.6m revenue and a £67.9k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2023. read from filing text
Hobson & Sons Group Limited’s revenue fell 65% to £2.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2023, with a loss of £67.9k and 3 employees. The company was classified under “activities of head offices” and was based in Bromley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts. It is no longer on the Companies House register.
- Status
- Dissolved
- Last location
- Bromley
- Age
- 108 yrs · since 1918
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.8m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | −£163k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£67.9k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£67.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£67.9k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 19.6% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 47.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8m | £850k |
| Profit per employee | £357k | −£22.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼65.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼104.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £382k | £382k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £850k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £382k
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023 (profit −£67.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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