William Hare Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM HARE LIMITED
Part of Orange UK Holdings Limited groupWilliam Hare Limited made £224m revenue and £11.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
William Hare Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £224m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £11.3m profit and 981 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Bury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury
- Age
- 81 yrs · since 1945
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £186m | £250m | £224m |
| Cost of sales | −£161m | −£212m | −£178m |
| Gross profit | £24.3m | £38.5m | £45.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £14m | £14.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £14.8m | £15m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £11.2m | £11.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £11.2m | £11.3m |
| Employees (average) | 796 | 842 | 981 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 4.5% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 15.4% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £297k | £228k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £13.3k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.9% | ▼10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲680.7% | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲16.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £228k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now 981
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Orange UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Orange Assets Holdco Limited75–100%
- Orange Assets Bidco Limited75–100%
- William Hare Group Limited75–100%
- William Hare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Cellbeam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cellshield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Richard Lees Decking LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Richard Lees Steel Decking LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare Assets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare Painting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Hare Rotherham LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £11.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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