The Halcyon Gallery Limited
Registered name: THE HALCYON GALLERY LIMITED
Part of Halcyon Fine Art Group Holdings Limited groupThe Halcyon Gallery Limited made £138m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Halcyon Gallery Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £138m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.3m profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in commercial art galleries” and is based in London; we hold 4 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Halcyon Fine Art Group Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £82.3m | £94.6m | £103m | £138m |
| Cost of sales | £51.9m | £59.9m | £68.7m | £96.7m |
| Gross profit | £30.4m | £34.7m | £34.6m | £41m |
| Operating profit | £6.9m | £9.2m | £8.2m | £8m |
| Profit before tax | £6.1m | £8m | £6.4m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.8m | £5.9m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8m | £5.9m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.5m | £8m | £13.5m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 71 | 80 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 6.3% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 36.7% | 33.5% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £72.8k | £83.7k | £55.4k | £48.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.3% | ▲33.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼25.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲12.7% | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £714k | £38.4k | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £43.1m | £49m | £53.4m | £57.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £10.2m | £8.6m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £115m | £125m | £143m | £158m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £6.1m | £8.8m | £8.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £57.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £6.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Halcyon Fine Art Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Halcyon Gallery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Halcyon Art Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Halcyon Fine Art Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
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 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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