Hba International Limited
Registered name: HBA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Hba Design Limited groupHba International Limited made £13.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hba International Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.1m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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. From the filing: “HBA Design Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.3m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.4m | £9m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.3m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 42 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 10.6% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 37.9% | 34.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £244k | £271k |
| Profit per employee | — | £25.8k | £21.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲34.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.3% | ▲21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3.6m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £5.5m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £39.5k | £63.7k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £13m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £778k | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £271k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2151%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hba Design Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hba International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Coopers Hill LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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