Harnbury Holdings Ltd
Registered name: HARNBURY HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Templeton Holdings Limited groupHarnbury Holdings Ltd made £61.2m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 27 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Harnbury Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £61.2m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 869 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private 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: “The company's immediate parent is Templeton Holdings Limited, incorporated in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 24 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 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) | £52.6m | £59.8m | £62.1m | £61.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £17.2m | £17.3m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £37.1m | £42.6m | £44.7m | £45.4m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £626k | −£133k | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £409k | −£536k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | −£130k | −£1.2m | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | −£130k | −£1.2m | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £18.2m | £19.9m | £19.7m | £20.6m |
| Employees (average) | 801 | 906 | 934 | 869 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | −0.2% | −1.9% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 70.5% | 71.3% | 72.1% | 74.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.6k | £66k | £66.5k | £70.4k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | −£143 | −£1.2k | −£2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▲3.8% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼109.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▲3.1% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £8.9m | £7.8m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £13.4m | £20.9m | £23.3m | £25.1m |
| Current assets | £17.6m | £17.7m | £20.4m | £22m |
| Debtors | £125k | £95.6k | £111k | £199k |
| Deferred income | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 869
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £4.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £25.1m
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
- Templeton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harnbury Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Harnbury LtdRev. £11.5m · Profit £169k
- Signor Sassi LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Cicchetti Piccadilly LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ibla International Franchising LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Luca Restaurants LtdFigures not disclosed
- San Carlo Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Sep 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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