HCF Catch Limited
Registered name: HCF CATCH LIMITED
HCF Catch Limited made £6m revenue and a £138k loss in the year to 30 Mar 2026.
HCF Catch Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £6m in the year to 30 Mar 2026, with a loss of £138k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “activities of business and employers membership organizations” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Mar 2025 | 30 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £5.4m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £219k | −£192k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £237k | −£184k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £171k | −£138k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £171k | −£138k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £2.8m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 42 | 57 | 72 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 3.2% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 77.8% | 74.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £74.3k | £81.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £2.4k | −£1.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −1628% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲11.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼180.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.3% | ▲35.7% | ▲26.3% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £353k | £465k | £366k | £1.7m | £884k |
| Net assets | £617k | £519k | £425k | £596k | £458k |
| Fixed assets | £248k | £272k | £468k | £2.4m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £871k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £282k | £352k | £358k | £492k | £424k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −£3.6m | −£3.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.8k
- 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
- 104.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £458k
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £884k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲161%
- Now £6.2m
Similar profitable businesses
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2026 (profit −£138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.