Hertfordshire Display PLC
Registered name: HERTFORDSHIRE DISPLAY PLC
Hertfordshire Display PLC made £845k revenue and a £75.8k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hertfordshire Display PLC’s revenue grew 11% to £845k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £75.8k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Public 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 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 |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £762k | £845k |
| Cost of sales | £786k | £584k | £621k |
| Gross profit | £248k | £178k | £224k |
| Operating profit | −£17.4k | −£111k | £102k |
| Profit before tax | £53k | −£102k | −£75.8k |
| Profit after tax | £37.8k | −£59.1k | −£75.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £37.8k | −£59.1k | −£75.8k |
| Staff costs | £391k | £394k | £402k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | −7.8% | −9% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 23.3% | 26.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.9k | £50.8k | £65k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | −£3.9k | −£5.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 54.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.3% | ▲10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼256.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £46.8k | £17k | £18.2k |
| Net assets | £874k | £815k | £739k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £921k |
| Current assets | £166k | £108k | £126k |
| Debtors | £73.6k | £48.6k | £65.5k |
| Deferred income | £17.2k | £22.1k | £39.4k |
| Cash from operations | £5k | £35.5k | £55.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 54.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 109.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £739k
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £18.2k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲78%
- Now £39.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £921k
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£75.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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