Hambleton Holdings Limited
Registered name: HAMBLETON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Timec 1444 Limited groupHambleton Holdings Limited made £9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hambleton Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Thirsk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thirsk, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1973
- 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.
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: “Timec 1444 Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £13m | £8.7m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.1m | £5.8m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £6.9m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £5.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £8.6m | £6.8m | £2.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £5.5m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £5.5m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £277k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 50.2% | 42.6% | 19.1% | 14.6% |
| Gross margin | 59.7% | 52.9% | 33.3% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | £1m | £792k | £237k | £263k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▼33.2% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.3% | ▼70.1% | ▼20.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.4m | £13.8m | £13.2m | £12.5m |
| Net assets | £39m | £40.5m | £42.2m | £43.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £8.6m | £8.9m | £12.8m |
| Current assets | £41.6m | £45.4m | £47.3m | £48.6m |
| Debtors | £54.6k | £88.7k | £12.2k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £69.9k | £161k | £126k | £320k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £263k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 141.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £43.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £12.5m
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▲154%
- Now £320k
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £12.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Timec 1444 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hambleton Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cleveland Steel & Tubes 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.