Hanson Springs Limited
Registered name: HANSON SPRINGS LIMITED
Hanson Springs Limited made £29.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Hanson Springs Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £29.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.4m profit and 218 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of wire products, chain and springs” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- 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 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.6m | £30.5m | £31.4m | £29.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £19.4m | £18.3m | £17.8m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £11m | £13.1m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.6m | £8.3m | £8.5m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 226 | 227 | 219 | 218 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 36.2% | 41.8% | 40% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £134k | £143k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £5.7k | £7.5k | £6.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −70.4% | −112.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲3% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲25.7% | ▼15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▼3.5% | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £802k | £861k | £868k |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.2m | £11m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £12.1m | £11.7m | £6m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £22m | £21.8m | £23.1m | £22.7m |
| Debtors | £7.8m | £6.8m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Deferred income | £180k | £0 | £439k | £490k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.1m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −112.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £868k
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 218
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £490k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £7.1m
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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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