Hardscape Surfaces Limited
Registered name: HARDSCAPE SURFACES LIMITED
Part of Hardscape (Eot) Limited groupHardscape Surfaces Limited made £2.5m revenue and a £197k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hardscape Surfaces Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £2.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £197k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “cutting, shaping and finishing of stone” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “The company's ultimate parent is Hardscape Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The parent”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1m | £667k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £61.2k | −£193k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £46.2k | −£197k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £46.2k | −£197k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 21 | 20 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.8% | −8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.8% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £128k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.3k | −£12.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼525.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲61.5% | ▼4.8% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £91.2k | £74.6k | £91.1k | £80.4k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £70.2k | £94.1k | £94.6k | £110k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £158k | £79.8k | £235k | £276k |
| Deferred income | £5.8k | £13.6k | £13.3k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £80.4k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £110k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hardscape (Eot) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hardscape Group Limited75–100%
- Hardscape Surfaces Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hardscape Products LimitedRev. £26.5m · Profit £906k
- Surfaceology LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Earth's Crust Resources LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hardscape Green LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hardscape Infrastructure LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hardscape Warehouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£197k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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