Horizons Agriculture Limited
Registered name: HORIZONS AGRICULTURE LIMITED
Horizons Agriculture Limited made £14.3m revenue and £619k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Horizons Agriculture Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £619k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Grantham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grantham, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £16.6m | £15.4m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £15.7m | £14.5m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £870k | £929k | £920k |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £672k | £790k | £681k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £744k | £912k | £817k |
| Profit after tax | £902k | £547k | £693k | £619k |
| Profit (best available) | £902k | £547k | £693k | £619k |
| Staff costs | £152k | £178k | £200k | £159k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 5.3% | 6% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | £150k | £91.2k | £115k | £124k |
| Cash conversion | −99.9% | −213.6% | −119.6% | −108.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼6.9% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.3% | ▲26.6% | ▼10.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.7m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.4m | £5m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £391k | £256k | £310k | £335k |
| Deferred income | £10.3k | £17.3k | £23.2k | £17.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£945k | −£736k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £124k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −108.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £17.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £619k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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