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Company No. 01679298 · Incorporated 18 Nov 1982

W. Hodgson (Hartlepool) Limited

Registered name: W. HODGSON (HARTLEPOOL) LIMITED

Part of Bid Corporation Limited group

W. Hodgson (Hartlepool) Limited made £24.2m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.

W. Hodgson (Hartlepool) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £24.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.7m profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Southport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Status
Active
Location
Southport, North West
Age
43 yrs · since 1982
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£24.2m
Growth ▲1.3%
Profit
£1.7m
Growth ▲9.9%
Profit margin
7%
Gross 26.4%
Employees
93
Change ▼10.6%
Profit / employee
£18.3k
Revenue/employee £260k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 202430 Nov 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£25.3m£24.3m£23.9m£24.2m
Cost of sales£18.6m£18m£17.6m£17.8m
Gross profit£6.7m£6.3m£6.3m£6.4m
Operating profit£2.5m£1.9m£1.7m£2.2m
Profit before tax£2.5m£2m£1.9m£2.3m
Profit after tax£2.1m£1.5m£1.5m£1.7m
Profit (best available)£2.1m£1.5m£1.5m£1.7m
Staff costs£2.6m£2.8m£3m£2.8m
Employees (average)969610493
Ratios
Profit margin8.2%6.2%6.5%7%
Gross margin26.4%26%26.5%26.4%
Revenue per employee£264k£254k£230k£260k
Profit per employee£21.7k£15.8k£14.9k£18.3k
Cash conversion——90.1%51.4%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼3.8%▼1.9%▲1.3%
Profit growth—▼27%▲1.8%▲9.9%
Headcount growth—0%▲8.3%▼10.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4m£4.5m£4.3m£4m
Net assets£5.3m£5.6m£5.7m£6m
Fixed assets£1.3m£1.2m£1.1m£943k
Current assets£6.7m£7m£6.8m£7.5m
Debtors£2.1m£2m£1.9m£2m
Deferred income£204k£252k£206k£101k
Cash from operations——£1.5m£1.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£260k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£18.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
51.4%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲5%
Now £6m
Cash at bank
▼8%
Now £4m
Headcount
▼11%
Now 93
Deferred income
▼51%
Now £101k
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £943k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bid Corporation Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bidcorp (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Bidfresh Limited75–100%
  4. W. Hodgson (Hartlepool) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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