Hamelin Brands Limited
Registered name: HAMELIN BRANDS LIMITED
Part of Holdham Sas groupHamelin Brands Limited made £19.8m revenue and £329k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hamelin Brands Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £329k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Red Lodge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Red Lodge, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £24.1m | £19.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £597k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.7m | £545k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £329k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £329k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 78 | 111 | 111 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.7% | 1.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £217k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £16.9k | £14.5k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.8% | ▲21.8% | ▼79.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▲42.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £964k | £601k | — | — |
| Net assets | — | £15.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £10.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £7.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£475k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holdham Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hamelin Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bantex LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Educational Printing Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £329k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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