Neil Hudgell Limited
Registered name: NEIL HUDGELL LIMITED
Part of Neil Hudgell Limited groupNeil Hudgell Limited made £21.1m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Neil Hudgell Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.2m profit and 163 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £12.4m | £14.4m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £4.6m | £3.8m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £7.7m | £10.6m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.3m | £4.9m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.3m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.1m | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.1m | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £5.7m | £7.2m | £11.8m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 134 | 149 | 163 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 8.9% | 25.3% | 19.9% |
| Gross margin | 66.9% | 62.4% | 73.5% | 73.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.9k | £92.3k | £96.6k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £8.2k | £24.5k | £25.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲16.3% | ▲46.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.7% | ▲232% | ▲14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲11.2% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £840k | £1.8m | £1.3m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.9m | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £455k | £265k | £102k | £90.5k |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £12.5m | £10.6m | £14m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲269%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 163
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £90.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Neil Hudgell Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Neil Hudgell Trustees Ltd75–100%
- Hudgell Group Ltd75–100%
- Neil Hudgell Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Neil Hudgell Trustees LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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