John Hellyar and Company Limited
Registered name: JOHN HELLYAR AND COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Furley Page Executor & Trustee Company Limited groupJohn Hellyar and Company Limited made a £238k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
John Hellyar and Company Limited reported a loss of £238k in the year to 30 Jun 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 39 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Whitstable; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whitstable, South East
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £379k | £237k | £287k | −£238k |
| Profit (best available) | £379k | £237k | £287k | −£238k |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 40 | 39 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £5.9k | £7.4k | −£6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.4% | ▲21% | ▼183% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼2.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £530k | £1.3m | £652k | £926k |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £12.1m | £12.3m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £5.9m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £18.7m | £16.2m | £14.9m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £4.9m | £5.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £363k | £209k | £138k | £149k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.1k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £926k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £149k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.9m
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
- Furley Page Executor & Trustee Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- John Hellyar and Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hellyar Plastics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hellyar Reclaim LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- A C Hulme and Sons Farming LimitedRev. — · Profit £65.3k
- Brett Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 −£238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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