Humphrey & Stretton PLC
Registered name: HUMPHREY & STRETTON PLC
Part of Humphrey & Stretton Group PLC groupHumphrey & Stretton PLC made £4.1m revenue and £303k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Humphrey & Stretton PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £4.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £303k profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “joinery installation” and is based in Herts.; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts., East of England
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £4.2m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £353k | £546k | £521k | £404k |
| Profit before tax | £351k | £543k | £520k | £405k |
| Profit after tax | £351k | £443k | £390k | £303k |
| Profit (best available) | £351k | £443k | £390k | £303k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 35 | 34 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 10.5% | 9.8% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 36% | 39.2% | 34.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £121k | £117k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £10.6k | £12.7k | £11.5k | £9.5k |
| Cash conversion | −129.1% | −117.1% | −22.5% | −178.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▼5.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▼12% | ▼22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼2.9% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £467k | £605k | £335k | £311k |
| Net assets | £854k | £863k | £921k | £892k |
| Fixed assets | £267k | £226k | £310k | £289k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £436k | £355k | £620k | £557k |
| Deferred income | £43k | £126k | £45.7k | £39.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£456k | −£640k | −£117k | −£720k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −178.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £892k
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £311k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £39.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £289k
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
- Humphrey & Stretton Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Humphrey & Stretton PLCthis 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £303k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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