Hardwicke Investments Limited
Registered name: HARDWICKE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Hardwicke Investments Limited made £1.3bn revenue and £6.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hardwicke Investments Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £1.3bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.4m profit and 2,926 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Letchworth Garden City; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 18 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2bn | −£1.2bn |
| Gross profit | £158m | £152m |
| Operating profit | £26.9m | £10.9m |
| Profit before tax | £29.8m | £15.5m |
| Profit after tax | £19.8m | £6.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £19.8m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 2,981 | 2,926 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £459k | £453k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £453k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 2,926
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Walsworth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wimpole Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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