Honey Brothers Limited
Registered name: HONEY BROTHERS LIMITED
Part of Vsguk Limited groupHoney Brothers Limited made £14.4m revenue and £183k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Honey Brothers Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £14.4m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £183k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £9.3m | £13.1m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £7m | £9.7m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2.3m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £855k | £147k | £373k | £295k |
| Profit before tax | £839k | £130k | £374k | £298k |
| Profit after tax | £624k | £121k | £392k | £183k |
| Profit (best available) | £624k | £121k | £392k | £183k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £917k | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 42 | 32 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 1.3% | 3% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 25.2% | 26% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £350k | £221k | £410k | £368k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £2.9k | £12.3k | £4.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −214.7% | −389.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼53.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲21.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £970k | £434k | £499k | £399k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £363k | £343k | £153k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.1m | £592k | £682k |
| Deferred income | £125k | £185k | £107k | £160k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£800k | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £368k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −389.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £399k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▲50%
- Now £160k
- Fixed assets
- ▼55%
- Now £153k
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
- Vsguk Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Honey Brothers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Tacklestore LimitedRev. £28.7m · Profit £1.2m
- Tree Kit LimitedRev. £40.8k · Profit −£923
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £183k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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