H. Peel & Sons Limited
Registered name: H. PEEL & SONS LIMITED
Part of Northern Bear PLC groupH. Peel & Sons Limited made £1.9m revenue and a £905k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
H. Peel & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £905k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “joinery installation” and is based in Dewsbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dewsbury, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 company's immediate parent undertaking is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £320k | £162k |
| Profit before tax | −£152k | −£936k |
| Profit after tax | −£152k | −£905k |
| Profit (best available) | −£152k | −£905k |
| Staff costs | £455k | £776k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.9% | −48.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 8.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.2k | −£82.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £375k | £88.7k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £494k |
| Fixed assets | £39.5k | £28.7k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £38k | £365k |
| Deferred income | £108k | £62.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −48.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£82.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼65%
- Now £494k
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £88.7k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £62.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £28.7k
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
- Northern Bear PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Northern Bear Construction Limited75–100%
- H. Peel & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- MGM LtdRev. £15.2m · Profit £743k
- Isoler Ltd.Rev. £10.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Arcas Building Solutions LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit £161k
- J Lister Electrical LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit £162k
- Northern Bear (Safety) LimitedRev. £376k · Profit −£34.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£905k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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