H & M Distribution Limited
Registered name: H & M DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of H&M Distribution Group Limited groupH & M Distribution Limited made £33.8m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
H & M Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £33.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.6m profit. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29m | £31.8m | £31.2m | £33.8m |
| Cost of sales | £21.5m | £23.1m | −£23.1m | −£25.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £8.6m | £8.2m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3.5m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.5m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 175 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 9% | 6% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 27.2% | 26.2% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £182k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £16.4k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼1.7% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.3% | ▼34.3% | ▼12.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £174k | £218k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £3.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £2.6m | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £8.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5m | £5.5m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £442k | £416k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- 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
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- 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
- H&M Distribution Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H & M Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- H&M Ventures LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £3.2m
- H & M International Distribution 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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