Lister Horsfall Limited
Registered name: LISTER HORSFALL LIMITED
Part of Lister Horsfall Holdings Limited groupLister Horsfall Limited made £14.7m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Lister Horsfall Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £14.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Halifax; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 105 yrs · since 1920
- 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: “Lister Horsfall Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £14.2m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £9.8m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £839k | £857k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 25 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.7% | 11.6% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 31.1% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £654k | £567k | £566k |
| Profit per employee | £96.4k | £65.5k | £74.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.1% | ▲17.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £587k | £511k | £410k |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.1m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £3.1m | £980k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £5.6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £16.4k | £211k | £339k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £566k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £74.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- ▼67%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £410k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼68%
- Now £980k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lister Horsfall Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lister Horsfall Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lister Horsfall (Ilkley) 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 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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