Harry B.litherland & Co. Limited
Registered name: HARRY B.LITHERLAND & CO. LIMITED
Part of Philex Limited groupHarry B.litherland & Co. Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Mar 2025 show net assets of £335k and 14 employees.
Harry B.litherland & Co. Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 showed net assets of £335k and 14 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, 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's immediate parent company is Philex Limited, a company incorporated in the UK.”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
Harry B.litherland & Co. Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 14
- Net assets
- £335k
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 | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼11.8% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5k | £11.6k | £16.2k | £4.7k |
| Net assets | £274k | £663k | £712k | £335k |
| Fixed assets | £25.7k | £22.3k | £36.2k | £20.3k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m | £729k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
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
- ▼53%
- Now £335k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £4.7k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼44%
- Now £20.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Philex Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harry B.litherland & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Philex Electronic LimitedRev. £15.1m · Profit −£243k
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, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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