Harbourstar Limited
Registered name: HARBOURSTAR LIMITED
Harbourstar Limited made £27.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Harbourstar Limited’s revenue was £27.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.1m profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.8m | £19.1m | £27.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.7m | −£11.5m | −£16.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.5m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £546k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £194k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £194k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 100 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 1% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 39.6% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £191k | — |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £1.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Addpace Classics 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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