L.h.d.limited
Registered name: L.H.D.LIMITED
L.h.d.limited made £38m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
L.h.d.limited’s revenue grew 16% to £38m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £4.3m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Great Yarmouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Great Yarmouth, East of England
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1943
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £32.7m | £38m |
| Cost of sales | −£20.5m | −£21.9m | −£25.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £10.9m | £12.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £5.3m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 65 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6% | 12% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 33.2% | 32.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £428k | £503k | £551k |
| Profit per employee | £25.6k | £60.7k | £62.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲16.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲137% | ▲9.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £551k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.8k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Adenia Fishing Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alison Kay Fishing Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £265k
- Courageous Fishing (Whalsay) LtdFigures not disclosed
- H. Williamson & Sons (Scalloway) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- L.H.D. Marine Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Venture Fishing Company 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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