Henbrandt Limited
Registered name: HENBRANDT LIMITED
Henbrandt Limited made £11.3m revenue and £692k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024. read from filing text
Henbrandt Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £692k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £787k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £929k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £692k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £692k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £550k | £418k |
| Profit per employee | £66.2k | £25.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £18.3m | £18.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £18.4m | £18m |
| Debtors | £886k | £900k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £418k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £18.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Harlequin Direct Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £692k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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