Henmead Limited
Registered name: HENMEAD LIMITED
Henmead Limited made £298m revenue and £13m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Henmead Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £298m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £13m profit and 1,015 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £232m | £292m | £298m |
| Cost of sales | −£212m | −£267m | −£271m |
| Gross profit | £19.9m | £24.4m | £27.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £4.9m | £6.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £11.2m | £14.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.3m | £9.9m | £13m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.3m | £9.9m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 848 | 939 | 1,015 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 3.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 8.4% | 9.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £274k | £311k | £294k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £10.5k | £12.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.6% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲127.3% | ▲32.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £294k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 1,015
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Eric Wright Group LimitedRev. £298m · Profit £15.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £13m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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