Hereford Galvanizers Limited
Registered name: HEREFORD GALVANIZERS LIMITED
Hereford Galvanizers Limited made £13.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hereford Galvanizers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and coating of metals” and is based in Herefordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herefordshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £10.7m | £12.8m | £12.2m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £8.6m | £8.6m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.7m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.4m | £925k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £961k | £1.3m | £822k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £690k | £1m | £591k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £690k | £1m | £591k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 116 | 109 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 8.1% | 4.8% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 32.5% | 30% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.8k | £110k | £112k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £9k | £5.4k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20% | ▼4.3% | ▲11.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.7% | ▼43.2% | ▲111.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £846k | £736k | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £108k | £72.8k | £70.5k | £71.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £71.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Shropshire Galvanizers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zinco International 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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