Headstock Distribution Limited
Registered name: HEADSTOCK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Headstock Distribution Limited made £16.7m revenue and £616k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Headstock Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £16.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £616k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £15.4m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £10.8m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £948k | £691k | £699k |
| Profit before tax | £989k | £787k | £768k |
| Profit after tax | £829k | £594k | £616k |
| Profit (best available) | £829k | £594k | £616k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 47 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 30% | 28.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £346k | £328k | £333k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £12.6k | £12.3k |
| Cash conversion | 55.6% | 107.3% | −67.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.3% | ▲3.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.1m | £756k |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £9.8m | £10.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £9.4m | £10m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | £527k | £742k | −£474k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £333k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £10.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £756k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- H H Electronics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laney Electronics 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £616k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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