Higgins Investments PLC
Registered name: HIGGINS INVESTMENTS PLC
Part of Higgins Group PLC groupHiggins Investments PLC made £759k revenue and a £533k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Higgins Investments PLC’s revenue was £759k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £533k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Public 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.
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: “Higgins Group PLC”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £761k | £646k | £757k | £759k |
| Gross profit | £761k | £646k | £757k | £759k |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £598k | £496k | £593k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £204k | −£595k | −£513k |
| Profit after tax | £937k | £147k | −£610k | −£533k |
| Profit (best available) | £937k | £147k | −£610k | −£533k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 123.1% | 22.8% | −80.5% | −70.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £254k | £215k | £189k | £190k |
| Profit per employee | £312k | £49.1k | −£153k | −£133k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▲17.2% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.3% | ▼514.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £133k | £179k | £259k | £227k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £18.9m | £13.4m | £13.4m | £13.6m |
| Current assets | £264k | £621k | £575k | £512k |
| Debtors | £79.6k | £14.7k | £7.2k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £90.7k | £132k | £111k | £131k |
| 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
- −70.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £190k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£133k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1787%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £227k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £131k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £13.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Higgins Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Higgins Investments PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bassett Business Units LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- D.J. Higgins Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Higgins City LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Higgins Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Higgins Homes PLCRev. — · Profit −£2.1m
- Higgins Partnerships 1961 PLCRev. — · Profit £9.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£533k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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