Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited
Registered name: HARVEY & SON (LEWES) LIMITED
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited made £25.2m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £25.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 210 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Sussex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sussex, South East
- Age
- 97 yrs · since 1928
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.3m | £25m | £25.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.8m | −£17.9m | −£18.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.1m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 197 | 208 | 210 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.9% | 12.9% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 28.4% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £120k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £13.5k | £15.5k | £13.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▼13.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 210
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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