H.e. Group Ltd
Registered name: H.E. GROUP LTD
H.e. Group Ltd made £27.7m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
H.e. Group Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £27.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2.3m profit and 193 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Rochester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochester, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.2m | £26.6m | £24.6m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £17.8m | £20.9m | £20.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £8.8m | £3.7m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £8.6m | £8.5m | £3.5m | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.7m | £7.4m | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £4.5m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £4.5m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 203 | 223 | 236 | 193 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.1% | 16.9% | 5.3% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 33.1% | 15.2% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £119k | £104k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £31.1k | £20.1k | £5.6k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼7.4% | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29% | ▼70.6% | ▲76.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲5.8% | ▼18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £302k | £975k | £6.9m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £23.9m | £28.3m | £29.3m | £31.4m |
| Fixed assets | £58.3m | £63.9m | £71.8m | £74.5m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £5.3m | £8.9m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £478k | £664k | £856k | £502k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 268.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £31.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 193
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £74.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- H. E. Services (Plant Hire) LtdRev. £22.2m · Profit £264k
- Buyadigger LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diggerland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diggers Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diggerworld LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.e. Construction Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.e. Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hy-Tools LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Masterhitch Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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