Holmbury Limited
Registered name: HOLMBURY LIMITED
Part of Holmbury Holdings Ltd groupHolmbury Limited made £6.5m revenue and £442k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Holmbury Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £6.5m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £442k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £15.4m | £6.8m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £9.9m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.5m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | £747k | £334k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.8m | £918k | £533k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £613k | £442k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £613k | £442k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 31 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9% | 9.2% | 9% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 35.7% | 32.6% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £442k | £497k | £360k | £327k |
| Profit per employee | £39.6k | £45.5k | £32.3k | £22.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼55.6% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15% | ▼56.6% | ▼27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼38.7% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £672k | £954k | £1.1m | £912k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £55.5k | £69.8k | £47.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £327k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £912k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £47.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- 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
- Holmbury Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Holmbury Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Holmbury US Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £240k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £442k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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