Richard Hardie Limited
Registered name: RICHARD HARDIE LIMITED
Richard Hardie Limited made £21.4m revenue and a £383k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Richard Hardie Limited’s revenue was £21.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £383k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Newcastle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle, North East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £62.3m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £58.4m | £18.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.3m | −£22k |
| Profit before tax | £283k | −£1.2m | −£130k |
| Profit after tax | £158k | −£986k | −£383k |
| Profit (best available) | £158k | −£986k | −£383k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £3.6m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 34 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −1.6% | −1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 6.3% | 12.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.8m | £630k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | −£29k | −£11.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £555 | £88.5k | £185k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £8m | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £456k | £199k | £250k |
| Deferred income | £54.9k | £145k | £470k |
| Cash from operations | −£81.1k | £162k | £320k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £630k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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 £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £185k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £470k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.1m
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 Jun 2025 (profit −£383k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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