Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Limited
Registered name: HAZLITT HOLLAND-HIBBERT LIMITED
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Limited made £9.1m revenue and a £3.2m loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024. read from filing text
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Limited’s revenue fell 51% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £3.2m and 8 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in commercial art galleries”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.3m | £18.6m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £31.3m | £14.9m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.7m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | −£831k | −£2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | −£1.2m | −£3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | −£777k | −£3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | −£777k | −£3.2m |
| Staff costs | £518k | £452k | £526k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | −4.2% | −35.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.5% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £5m | £2.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £286k | −£97.1k | −£405k |
| Cash conversion | 2.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼47.4% | ▼50.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼138.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £189k | £531k |
| Net assets | £16.5m | £15.2m | £12m |
| Fixed assets | £57.1k | £48.5k | £44.1k |
| Current assets | £29.8m | £19.4m | £16.9m |
| Debtors | £8.8m | £4.4m | £985k |
| Deferred income | £243k | £131k | £160k |
| Cash from operations | £54.5k | −£8.8m | −£977k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −35.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£405k
- 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
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £12m
- Cash at bank
- ▲181%
- Now £531k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £160k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £44.1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Sydney Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit −£3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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