Hawk-Woods Limited
Registered name: HAWK-WOODS LIMITED
Part of Upergy Limited groupHawk-Woods Limited made £1.6m revenue and £128k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hawk-Woods Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £128k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of batteries and accumulators” and is based in Ashford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £926k | £466k | £400k |
| Operating profit | £800k | £56.1k | −£47.1k |
| Profit before tax | £901k | £256k | £151k |
| Profit after tax | £737k | £340k | £128k |
| Profit (best available) | £737k | £340k | £128k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 22 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 30.8% | 19.5% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 26.7% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.6k | £79.3k | £74.7k |
| Profit per employee | £30.7k | £15.5k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.8% | ▼62.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Upergy Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hawk-Woods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Allbatteries LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £128k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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