Hood Group Limited
Registered name: HOOD GROUP LIMITED
Part of Ensco 1484 Limited groupHood Group Limited made £9.7m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hood Group Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 250 employees. The company is classified under “other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding” and is based in Southend-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 directors consider the ultimate controlling party to be Connection Capital LLP, incorporated in England and Wales.”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13m | £12.1m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £535k | £168k | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £50.8k | £2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£366k | £135k | £2.5m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£366k | £135k | £2.5m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £7m | £8.9m | £8.7m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 244 | 269 | 261 | 250 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1% | 20.4% | −15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £48.4k | £46.2k | £38.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | £501 | £9.4k | −£6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −8.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7.3% | ▼19.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1725% | ▼160.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▼3% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £238k | £3.9k | £1m | £174k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.1m | £2.9m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4.6m | £5.2m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £494k | £283k | £752k | £947k |
| Cash from operations | −£269k | −£44.8k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▼51%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £174k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 250
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £2.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ensco 1484 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ensco 1529 Limited75–100%
- Ensco 1530 Limited75–100%
- Hood Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hood Group Administration LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hood Travel LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1m
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 −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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