Hamways Limited
Registered name: HAMWAYS LIMITED
Part of William Pears Group Limited groupHamways Limited made £8.3m revenue and a £11.1k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Hamways Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £8.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £11.1k and 105 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £7.4m | £8.1m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £7.4m | £8.1m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | £389k | £359k | −£7k | −£171k |
| Profit before tax | £289k | £348k | £98.7k | £3.4k |
| Profit after tax | £273k | £340k | £148k | −£11.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £273k | £340k | £148k | −£11.1k |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 100 | 101 | 105 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 4.6% | 1.8% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.8k | £74.3k | £80.1k | £79k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £3.4k | £1.5k | −£106 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲8.9% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.4% | ▼56.3% | ▼107.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲1% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £92.6k | £179k | £80k | £89.4k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £598k | £793k | £837k | £755k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £190k | £135k | £125k | £150k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£106
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 54.7%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £89.4k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £150k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £755k
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
- William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hamways Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- WPG Finance LimitedRev. £73.9m · Profit £51m
- Ellough Industrial Estates (1978) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Pears Group Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £127m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£11.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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