Harrison Drury & Co Limited
Registered name: HARRISON DRURY & CO LIMITED
Part of Harrison Drury & Co Holdings Limited groupHarrison Drury & Co Limited made £16.1m revenue and £908k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Harrison Drury & Co Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £908k profit and 204 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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. From the filing: “Harrison Drury & Co Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.6m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.7m | £10m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £287k | £595k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £853k | £908k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £853k | £908k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £8.8m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 147 | 175 | 204 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.8% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.8% | 37.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £71.8k | £79.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.9k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲28.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲6.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲19.1% | ▲16.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £595k | £51.2k | £1.4k | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £410k | £373k | £406k | £370k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.1m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £334k | £540k | £393k | £785k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £1.3k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- ▲100%
- Now £785k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £370k
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
- Harrison Drury & Co Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harrison Drury & Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Harrison Drury Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £908k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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