HSJ Information Ltd.
Registered name: HSJ INFORMATION LTD.
Part of Inspirit Management Limited groupHSJ Information Ltd. made £20.2m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
HSJ Information Ltd.’s revenue fell 2% to £20.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1m and 127 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.5m | £20.7m | £20.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £17.8m | £16.3m | £16m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | −£3.9m | −£984k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | −£3.9m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | −£3.8m | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | −£3.8m | −£1m |
| Staff costs | £8.4m | £8.5m | £10.1m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 150 | 127 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | −18.2% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 83% | 79% | 79.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £138k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | £17.7k | −£25.1k | −£8.3k |
| Cash conversion | 1.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼253.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.8k | £2.8m | £559k |
| Net assets | −£819k | £11.4m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £19.7m | £14.2m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £8m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £178k | £3.2m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £5.5m | £5m | £5m |
| Cash from operations | £17.6k | £3.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £559k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £14.1m
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
- Inspirit Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Inspirit Number Two Limited50–75%
- Inspirit II GP LLP75–100%
- Inspirit Franklin Topco Ltd75–100%
- Inspirit Franklin Midco Ltd75–100%
- Inspirit Franklin Holdings Ltd75–100%
- HSJ Information Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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