John Hargreaves,(Collyhurst and Stalybridge)limited
Registered name: JOHN HARGREAVES,(COLLYHURST AND STALYBRIDGE)LIMITED
Part of Hera Gmbh groupJohn Hargreaves,(Collyhurst and Stalybridge)limited made £16.2m revenue and a £3.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Hargreaves,(Collyhurst and Stalybridge)limited’s revenue grew 36% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.5m. The company is classified under “manufacture of paper and paperboard”; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North West
- Age
- 102 yrs · since 1924
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £22.4m | £16.9m | £11.9m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £19.3m | £19.6m | £15.4m | −£10.9m | — |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1m | — |
| Operating profit | £655k | £109k | −£923k | −£2.1m | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | £462k | −£169k | −£1.3m | −£2.7m | −£3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £462k | −£169k | −£1.8m | −£2.6m | −£3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £462k | −£169k | −£1.8m | −£2.6m | −£3.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 66 | 62 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | −0.8% | −10.9% | −21.7% | −21.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 12.2% | 9.4% | 8.5% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £340k | £339k | £273k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £7k | −£2.6k | −£29.8k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −38.9% | −1093% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼24.3% | — | ▲36.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼136.5% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £59k | £51.2k | £44.7k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £414k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.3m | £5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.3m | £4.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4m | £4m | £3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £132k | £132k | £131k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£255k | −£1.2m | £441k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hera Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Palm Paper Limited75–100%
- John Hargreaves,(Collyhurst and Stalybridge)limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Palm Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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