Hartridge Limited
Registered name: HARTRIDGE LIMITED
Part of Phinia Inc groupHartridge Limited made £11m revenue and £92k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hartridge Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £92k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Gawcott; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gawcott, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £7.6m | £10.7m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.5m | £8.7m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.1m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £328k | −£281k | £337k | £186k |
| Profit after tax | £290k | −£306k | £250k | £92k |
| Profit (best available) | £290k | −£306k | £250k | £92k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 52 | 51 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | −4% | 2.3% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 14.1% | 18.8% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £146k | £209k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | −£5.9k | £4.9k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲40.2% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼205.5% | — | ▼63.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼1.9% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13k | £38k | £66k | £29k |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £9.8m | £10.1m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £951k | £809k |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £11.9m | £12.8m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £858k | £847k | £700k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £29k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £809k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Phinia Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Phinia Holdings UK Ltd75–100%
- Hartridge Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Phinia Delphi UK LtdFigures 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 £92k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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