History & Heraldry Limited
Registered name: HISTORY & HERALDRY LIMITED
Part of History & Heraldry Eot Trustee Limited groupHistory & Heraldry Limited made £12.7m revenue and a £158k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
History & Heraldry Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £158k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “History & Heraldry Holdings Limited is the company's parent undertaking and controlling party. Its registered office is 2 Denby Way, Hellaby Industrial Estate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8HR.”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £15.6m | £15.6m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £11.2m | £10.2m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.4m | £5.5m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£52.6k | £370k | £758k | −£97k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £5.1m | £849k | −£76.4k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £5.1m | £662k | −£158k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £5.1m | £662k | −£158k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 82 | 82 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 32.5% | 4.2% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 28.1% | 34.9% | 32.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £191k | £191k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £26.6k | £61.9k | £8.1k | −£1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼0% | ▼18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲127.1% | ▼87% | ▼123.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | 0% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.8m | £6.8m | £4.6m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £10.4m | £15m | £15.7m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.5m | £440k | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £15.9m | £18.3m | £14.6m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £3.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- History & Heraldry Eot Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- History & Heraldry Group Limited75–100%
- History & Heraldry Holdings Limited75–100%
- History & Heraldry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Heart & Home LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paper Island LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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