Hedley & Company Stockbrokers Limited
Registered name: HEDLEY & COMPANY STOCKBROKERS LIMITED
Hedley & Company Stockbrokers Limited made £2.1m revenue and £446k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Hedley & Company Stockbrokers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £446k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £329k | £526k | £566k | £593k |
| Profit before tax | £330k | £529k | £570k | £598k |
| Profit after tax | £271k | £409k | £427k | £446k |
| Profit (best available) | £271k | £409k | £427k | £446k |
| Staff costs | £566k | £580k | £613k | £623k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.5% | 24.5% | 22.9% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.4k | £104k | £110k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £25.5k | £25.1k | £26.2k |
| Cash conversion | −117.9% | −98.4% | −101% | −99.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲12% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51% | ▲4.6% | ▲4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲6.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £269k | £448k | £625k | £574k |
| Net assets | £530k | £669k | £825k | £770k |
| Fixed assets | £138k | £121k | £123k | £117k |
| Current assets | £591k | £771k | £956k | £918k |
| Debtors | £57.2k | £44.9k | £53.4k | £61.9k |
| Deferred income | £53.7k | £39.6k | £39.3k | £27.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£387k | −£518k | −£572k | −£592k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −99.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- 3%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £770k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £574k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £27.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £117k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £446k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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