Hanover Acceptances Limited
Registered name: HANOVER ACCEPTANCES LIMITED
Hanover Acceptances Limited made £78.9m revenue and a £23.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hanover Acceptances Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £78.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £23.2m and 53 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
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private 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) | £88.2m | £90.3m | £78.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£40.5m | −£35.8m | −£34.3m |
| Gross profit | £47.7m | £54.5m | £44.6m |
| Operating profit | −£61.8m | £38.7m | £456k |
| Profit before tax | −£91.2m | £4.9m | −£30.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£70.5m | £4.2m | −£23.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£70.5m | £4.2m | −£23.2m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 49 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −79.9% | 4.7% | −29.5% |
| Gross margin | 54.1% | 60.3% | 56.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5m | £86.1k | −£439k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼650.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£439k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Dorrington Holdings PLCFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Capital Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hanover Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Hanover Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£23.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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