Halls Electrical Ltd
Registered name: HALLS ELECTRICAL LTD
Halls Electrical Ltd made £10m revenue and £568k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Halls Electrical Ltd’s revenue fell 34% to £10m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £568k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Yate Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yate Bristol, South West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £9.9m | £15.1m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £7.5m | £12.4m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £816k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £724k |
| Profit before tax | £807k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £751k |
| Profit after tax | £654k | £1m | £927k | £568k |
| Profit (best available) | £654k | £1m | £927k | £568k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.3m | £4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 74 | 87 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 10.6% | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 25% | 24.5% | 18.4% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £134k | £174k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £14.2k | £10.7k | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −16.1% | −185.9% | −105.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.8% | ▲53.1% | ▼33.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.5% | ▼11.7% | ▼38.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.5% | ▲17.6% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £941k | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.7m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £3m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £5.3m | £6m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £983k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£213k | −£2.5m | −£761k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −105.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲88%
- Now £3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £568k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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