Hallis-Hudson Group Limited
Registered name: HALLIS-HUDSON GROUP LIMITED
Part of Harper Industries Limited groupHallis-Hudson Group Limited made £24.6m revenue and £431k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hallis-Hudson Group Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £24.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £431k profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1976
- 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 company was under the control of Harper Industries Limited or the whole of the financial period and the previous financial year. Harper Industries Limited is the only undertaking that prepares gro”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.4m | £25.9m | £25.5m | £24.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £15.9m | £15.3m | −£14.7m |
| Gross profit | £10.3m | £10m | £10.2m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £932k | £416k | £104k | £651k |
| Profit before tax | £869k | £362k | £6.2k | £587k |
| Profit after tax | £690k | £256k | £2.3k | £431k |
| Profit (best available) | £690k | £256k | £2.3k | £431k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 145 | 139 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1% | 0% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 38.6% | 40.1% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £179k | £184k | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £1.8k | £16 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼1.6% | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.9% | ▼99.1% | ▲19014% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▼4.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £1.6m | £1m | — |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £2.3m | £2.7m | — |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £8.4m | £7.4m | — |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.2m | — |
| Deferred income | £494k | £318k | £406k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Harper Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hallis-Hudson Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Lansdown Mills LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rol-Lite Blinds LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Hallco 75 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £431k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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