1HQ Limited
Registered name: 1HQ LIMITED
Part of Iqvia Holdings Inc. group1HQ Limited made a £222k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
1HQ Limited reported a loss of £222k in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 35 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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: “At the balance sheet date, the Company is a”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £5.6m | — |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £4.1m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £985k | £1.5m | — |
| Operating profit | −£621k | −£60k | — |
| Profit before tax | −£590k | −£6k | −£266k |
| Profit after tax | −£561k | −£6k | −£222k |
| Profit (best available) | −£561k | −£6k | −£222k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −9.2% | −0.1% | — |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 26% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £133k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£10.6k | −£143 | −£6.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £531k | £1.5m | £619k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.3m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £183k | £44k | £29k |
| Current assets | £5m | £4.9m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £368k | £305k | £516k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.3k
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £619k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £516k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £29k
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
- Iqvia Holdings Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Iqvia Ies European Holdings75–100%
- Ceuta Holdings Limited75–100%
- 1HQ Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Bridgethorne LimitedRev. — · Profit −£262k
- Ceuta Healthcare LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.3m
- Ceuta International LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Click Consult LimitedRev. — · Profit −£129k
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 2024 (profit −£222k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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