Herz Valves UK Limited
Registered name: HERZ VALVES UK LIMITED
Herz Valves UK Limited made £2.6m revenue and £72.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Herz Valves UK Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £72.5k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £4.5m | £3.4m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £196k | £450k | £37.4k | £244k | £80.3k |
| Profit before tax | £189k | £437k | £26k | £233k | £72.5k |
| Profit after tax | £189k | £437k | £26k | £233k | £72.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £189k | £437k | £26k | £233k | £72.5k |
| Staff costs | £898k | £1m | £900k | £803k | £707k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 9.7% | 0.8% | 8.2% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 46.4% | 45.8% | 56.7% | 50.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £238k | £196k | £160k | £167k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £19k | £1.2k | £13.7k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼25.6% | ▼15.1% | ▼6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲130.9% | ▼94% | ▲796.8% | ▼69% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▼8.7% | ▼19.1% | ▼11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £507k | £328k | £303k | £258k | £359k |
| Net assets | £557k | £994k | £1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £745k | £845k | £872k | £672k | £475k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £968k | £687k | £640k | £669k | £514k |
| Deferred income | £113k | £26.4k | £91.6k | £57.4k | £35.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £359k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £35.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £475k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £72.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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