H.a.mcparland Limited
Registered name: H.A.MCPARLAND LIMITED
H.a.mcparland Limited made £23.9m revenue and a £520k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
H.a.mcparland Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £23.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £520k and 245 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead, South East
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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. From the filing: “The company is under the joint control of the directors, H. McParland and C. McParland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £23.1m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £16.4m | £16.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £6.7m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£713k | −£574k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£656k | −£520k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | −£652k | −£520k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | −£652k | −£520k |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.7m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 228 | 245 | 245 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5% | −2.8% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 29.2% | 29.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £94.3k | £97.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.5k | −£2.7k | −£2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.8% | ▲3.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.9m | £9.6m | £10m |
| Net assets | £9m | £8.3m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £6m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £15.5m | £16.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £60k |
| Cash from operations | −£93.6k | −£1.7m | −£464k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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 £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £10m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 245
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £60k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Kennet Pharmacy 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 −£520k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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