Hello Limited
Registered name: HELLO LIMITED
Hello Limited made £23.1m revenue and a £692k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hello Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £23.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £692k and 103 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 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: “The parent undertaking is Hola S.L., which is incorporated in Spain and for which group financial statements are drawn up. Their principal contact address is Hola S.L., Miguel Angel No 1, 28010 Madrid”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.4m | £24.5m | £23.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £14.7m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £9.8m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | −£347k | −£2.2k | −£813k |
| Profit before tax | −£347k | £5.2k | −£813k |
| Profit after tax | −£260k | −£33.8k | −£692k |
| Profit (best available) | −£260k | −£33.8k | −£692k |
| Staff costs | £8.2m | £7.5m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 124 | 103 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | −0.1% | −3% |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 39.9% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £208k | £198k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | −£273 | −£6.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼5.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼16.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £908k | £471k | £675k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m | £968k |
| Current assets | £16.4m | £11.5m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1m | £897k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £506k | −£295k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £675k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £897k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £968k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£692k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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