Hearst Networks UK
Registered name: HEARST NETWORKS UK
Hearst Networks UK made £68.9m revenue and £6.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hearst Networks UK’s revenue fell 4% to £68.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.9m profit and 194 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.7m | £72.1m | £68.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£44.3m | −£45.9m | −£45m |
| Gross profit | £25.4m | £26.2m | £23.9m |
| Operating profit | £10.2m | £9.9m | £9.2m |
| Profit before tax | £9.9m | £9.6m | £9.2m |
| Profit after tax | £7.8m | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.8m | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 204 | 200 | 194 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 9.9% | 10% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 36.3% | 34.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £342k | £361k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £38.2k | £35.8k | £35.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼3.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.5k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 194
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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