Helm Great Britain Limited
Registered name: HELM GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED
Helm Great Britain Limited made £83.1m revenue and £484k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Helm Great Britain Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £83.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £484k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £76.8m | £83.1m |
| Cost of sales | £75.3m | £80.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | £921k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | £666k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £484k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £484k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 1.9% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Profit per employee | −£77k | £30.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £765k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £9.2k | £1.8k |
| Current assets | £22.9m | £18.6m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Deferred income | £481k | £514k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲126%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £514k
- Fixed assets
- ▼81%
- Now £1.8k
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £484k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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