Hearbase Limited
Registered name: HEARBASE LIMITED
Part of William Demant Holdings A/S groupHearbase Limited made £1.5m revenue and £284k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hearbase Limited’s revenue was £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £284k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Kent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.9m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £842k | £446k |
| Gross profit | — | £2.1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | — | −£169k | £101k |
| Profit before tax | — | £120k | £263k |
| Profit after tax | — | £142k | £284k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £142k | £284k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 34 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.9% | 19.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 71% | 69.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £85.3k | £58.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.2k | £11.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £33.9k | £52.8k | £83.2k |
| Net assets | −£250k | −£476 | £177k |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £707k | £1.2k |
| Current assets | £468k | £474k | £408k |
| Debtors | £215k | £109k | £214k |
| Deferred income | £44.9k | £55k | £19.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £177k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £83.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £19.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.2k
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
- William Demant Holdings A/S (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hidden Hearing International PLC75–100%
- Audika Hearing Care Ltd75–100%
- Hearbase Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Sevenoaks Hearing Care Centre LimitedRev. £475k · Profit £159k
Sister companies (1)
- Amplifon United Kingdom LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £284k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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