Hobbs the Printers Limited
Registered name: HOBBS THE PRINTERS LIMITED
Part of H C Holdings (Southampton) Limited groupHobbs the Printers Limited made £11.7m revenue and £97.4k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Hobbs the Printers Limited’s revenue was £11.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £97.4k profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 80 yrs · since 1946
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent is H C Holdings (Southampton) Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The parent company financial statements are available upon request from the compan”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.2m | £12.7m | £11.7m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £10.5m | £9.7m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £330k | £348k | £326k | £95.3k |
| Profit before tax | £339k | £371k | £382k | £140k |
| Profit after tax | £165k | £255k | £289k | £97.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £165k | £255k | £289k | £97.4k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 126 | 124 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 17.1% | 16.9% | 15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £93k | £101k | £94.5k | £95.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £2k | £2.3k | £799 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▼7.6% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.2% | ▲13.5% | ▼66.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼1.6% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £7.9m | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.6m | £5.4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £261k | £278k | £310k | £210k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £799
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £210k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £3.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- H C Holdings (Southampton) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hobbs the Printers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £97.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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