How much does Harder Bros. Limited make?

Harder Bros. Limited reported revenue of £13.5m and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does Harder Bros. Limited have?

Harder Bros. Limited reported an average of 95 employees in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Is Harder Bros. Limited profitable?

Yes — Harder Bros. Limited reported a profit of £1.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Company No. 00688920 · Incorporated 6 Apr 1961

Harder Bros. Limited

Registered name: HARDER BROS. LIMITED

Part of Harder Bros (Holdings) Employee-Ownership Trust group

Harder Bros. Limited made £13.5m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Harder Bros. Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £13.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 95 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10130Production of meat and poultry meat products

Status: Active
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age: 65 yrs · since 1961
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 parent company is Harder Bros (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light

Revenue

£13.5m

Growth ▼22.3%

Profit

£1.2m

Growth ▲23.4%

Profit margin

8.7%

Gross 37.5%

Employees

Change ▼6.9%

Profit / employee

£12.5k

Revenue/employee £143k

Profitable streak

2yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2024	31 Mar 2025
Disclosure	Full P&Lread from filing text	Full P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	£17.4m	£13.5m
Cost of sales	£13m	£8.5m
Gross profit	£4.4m	£5.1m
Operating profit	£1.3m	£1.6m
Profit before tax	£1.2m	£1.5m
Profit after tax	£959k	£1.2m
Profit (best available)	£959k	£1.2m
Staff costs	£3.2m	£3.1m
Employees (average)	102	95
Ratios
Profit margin	5.5%	8.7%
Gross margin	25.5%	37.5%
Revenue per employee	£171k	£143k
Profit per employee	£9.4k	£12.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth	—	▼22.3%
Profit growth	—	▲23.4%
Headcount growth	—	▼6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£292k	£325k
Net assets	£3.7m	£3.7m
Fixed assets	£722k	£821k
Current assets	£5.5m	£5.4m
Debtors	£1.6m	£1.9m
Deferred income	£434k	£433k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: 8.7%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 37.5%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £143k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: £12.5k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 6.1%; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: 3.2%; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: 13.7%; Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.

Indirect — not revenue

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: ▲1%; Now £3.7m
Cash at bank: ▲11%; Now £325k
Headcount: ▼7%; Now 95
Deferred income: ▼0%; Now £433k
Fixed assets: ▲14%; Now £821k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Harder Bros (Holdings) Employee-Ownership Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
Harder Bros (Holdings) Limited75–100%
Harder Bros. Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Valley Co Products LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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