Harte Woodworking Limited
Registered name: HARTE WOODWORKING LIMITED
Part of Harte Companies Limited groupHarte Woodworking Limited made £12.8m revenue and £997k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Harte Woodworking Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £997k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1973
- 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 parent company of Harte Woodworking Limited is Hunter Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £7.5m | £10.4m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £6.5m | £7.5m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £996k | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £505k | −£887k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £505k | −£886k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £390k | −£716k | £772k | £997k |
| Profit (best available) | £390k | −£716k | £772k | £997k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 95 | 95 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −9.6% | 7.4% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 13.4% | 27.7% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.8k | £78.4k | £110k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | −£7.5k | £8.1k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▲39.7% | ▲23.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼283.6% | — | ▲29.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | 0% | ▲8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £101k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £3m | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £760k | £1.1m | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £3.3m | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £172k | £96.4k | £150k | £151k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £151k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1m
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
- Harte Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harte Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Harte Woodworking Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Harte Electrical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harte Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harte Manufacturing 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 Mar 2025 (profit £997k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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