Harnbury Ltd
Registered name: HARNBURY LTD
Part of Templeton Holdings Limited groupHarnbury Ltd made £11.5m revenue and £169k profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Harnbury Ltd’s revenue was £11.5m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £169k profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 24 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 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) | £12m | £12.4m | £11.6m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £9m | £8.5m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £194k |
| Profit before tax | £251k | £362k | £233k | £194k |
| Profit after tax | £221k | £362k | £217k | £169k |
| Profit (best available) | £221k | £362k | £217k | £169k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.4m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 204 | 222 | 201 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 71.8% | 72.9% | 73.5% | 75.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.6k | £55.9k | £57.5k | £62.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £1.6k | £1.1k | £908 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▼6.8% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.8% | ▼40% | ▼22.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼9.5% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £324k | £242k | £76.1k |
| Net assets | −£1.4m | −£1.1m | −£835k | −£666k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1m | £941k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £930k | £1.1m | £861k | £824k |
| Deferred income | £272k | £378k | £376k | £350k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £908
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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 −£666k
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £76.1k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £350k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Templeton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harnbury Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Harnbury Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Signor Sassi 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 27 Sep 2025 (profit £169k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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