Robert Hopkins and Son Limited
Registered name: ROBERT HOPKINS AND SON LIMITED
Robert Hopkins and Son Limited made £20.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Robert Hopkins and Son Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.1m profit. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Bromwich, West Midlands
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.1m | £17.8m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £11.7m | −£13.5m | −£14.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.4m | £4.2m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £889k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £910k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £227k | £284k | £689k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £227k | £284k | £689k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £125k | £158k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.8% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 27.5% | 23.7% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £16.1m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £227k | £284k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | — | −255.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲10.1% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25% | ▲142.9% | ▲65% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £30k | £4.8k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £194k | £96k | — | — |
| Debtors | £75.1k | £2.4k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £252k | £238k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£477k | −£3.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- 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
Subsidiaries (1)
- Energy Recovery Services (West Midlands) LtdFigures 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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