Hunting PLC
Registered name: HUNTING PLC
Hunting PLC made £1bn revenue and £42.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hunting PLC’s revenue fell 3% to £1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £42.8m profit and 2,312 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £929m | £1bn | £1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£701m | −£777m | −£739m |
| Gross profit | £228m | £272m | £280m |
| Operating profit | £51.5m | −£21.1m | £76.3m |
| Profit before tax | £41.1m | −£33.5m | £65.5m |
| Profit after tax | £112m | −£25.5m | £42.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £112m | −£25.5m | £42.8m |
| Employees (average) | 2,361 | 2,423 | 2,312 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | −2.4% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 25.9% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £394k | £433k | £441k |
| Profit per employee | £47.5k | −£10.5k | £18.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼122.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £441k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 2,312
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hunting Energy Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hunting Oil Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £42.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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