Gawith Hoggarth Tobacco Trading Limited
Registered name: GAWITH HOGGARTH TOBACCO TRADING LIMITED
Part of Gawith Hoggarth & Co.,limited groupGawith Hoggarth Tobacco Trading Limited made £18.4m revenue and a £324k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gawith Hoggarth Tobacco Trading Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £18.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £324k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tobacco products” and is based in Kendal; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £17.4m | £17.2m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.9m | £16.3m | £16.3m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.1m | £900k | £904k |
| Operating profit | £642k | £91.1k | −£154k | −£360k |
| Profit before tax | £643k | £104k | −£120k | −£324k |
| Profit after tax | £520k | £84.2k | −£120k | −£324k |
| Profit (best available) | £520k | £84.2k | −£120k | −£324k |
| Staff costs | £499k | £488k | £496k | £566k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 0.5% | −0.7% | −1.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £52k | £7.7k | −£12k | −£27k |
| Cash conversion | −14.2% | 244.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▼1.1% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.8% | ▼242.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▼9.1% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £115k | £89.2k | £72.8k | £87.6k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £64.8k | £36.4k | £44k | £39.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£91.1k | £223k | £449k | −£576k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £39.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £87.6k
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
- Gawith Hoggarth & Co.,limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Gawith Hoggarth Tobacco Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Aireys of Kendal LtdFigures not disclosed
- G & H Logistics LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Old Snuff Works LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Poschl International Gmbh (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£324k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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