HSP Valves Group Limited
Registered name: HSP VALVES GROUP LIMITED
Part of HSP Valves Holdings Limited groupHSP Valves Group Limited made £13.3m revenue and a £784k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
HSP Valves Group Limited’s revenue was £13.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £784k and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Newbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, 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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate and ultimate parent company is HSP Valves Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales. Its registered office address is O”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£400k | −£713k |
| Profit before tax | −£431k | −£784k |
| Profit after tax | −£431k | −£784k |
| Profit (best available) | −£431k | −£784k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.1% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.5% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £377k | £416k |
| Profit per employee | −£8k | −£24.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £197k | £688k |
| Net assets | £961k | £178k |
| Fixed assets | £120k | £80.5k |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £284k | £176k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £416k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- 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 £178k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £688k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £176k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £80.5k
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
- HSP Valves Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HSP Valves Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£784k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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