Harada Industries (Europe) Limited
Registered name: HARADA INDUSTRIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
Harada Industries (Europe) Limited made £28.8m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Harada Industries (Europe) Limited’s revenue fell 41% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Clapgate Lane; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clapgate Lane, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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: “Harada Industry Co. Ltd”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.8m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | £45m | £26.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £748k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £31.2k | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£16.2k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£16.2k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 7.8% | 7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | −£560 | −£51.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼41.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £5.7m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | −£804k | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £716k | £635k |
| Current assets | £19.4m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £270k | £415k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£51.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- —
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £415k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £635k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Harada Industry Co Ltd (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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