Hexham Abbey Trading Limited
Registered name: HEXHAM ABBEY TRADING LIMITED
Part of Hexham Abbey Pcc groupHexham Abbey Trading Limited made £817k revenue and £132k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hexham Abbey Trading Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £817k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £132k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Hexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hexham, North East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £597k | £718k | £692k | £817k |
| Cost of sales | £203k | £240k | £253k | £295k |
| Gross profit | £394k | £478k | £439k | £522k |
| Operating profit | £75.7k | £139k | £89.6k | £131k |
| Profit before tax | £75.7k | £139k | £90.9k | £132k |
| Profit after tax | £75.7k | £139k | £90.9k | £132k |
| Profit (best available) | £75.7k | £139k | £90.9k | £132k |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.7% | 19.4% | 13.1% | 16.1% |
| Gross margin | 66% | 66.5% | 63.5% | 63.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.6k | £21.1k | £19.8k | £23.3k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £4.1k | £2.6k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▼3.7% | ▲18% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲83.8% | ▼34.7% | ▲45% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲2.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £146k | £147k | £129k | £171k |
| Net assets | £54.4k | £57.7k | £54.2k | £47.9k |
| Fixed assets | £9.5k | £12.7k | £9.4k | £3.1k |
| Current assets | £265k | £374k | £197k | £286k |
| Debtors | £9.7k | £12.2k | £13.9k | £20.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- 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
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £47.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £171k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼67%
- Now £3.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hexham Abbey Pcc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hexham Abbey Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £132k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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