HPC (South) Limited
Registered name: HPC (SOUTH) LIMITED
HPC (South) Limited made £320k revenue and £16.3k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
HPC (South) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £320k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £16.3k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and coating of metals” and is based in Leighton Buzzard; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £342k | £301k | £286k | £320k |
| Cost of sales | £133k | £90.6k | £96.7k | £108k |
| Gross profit | £210k | £210k | £190k | £212k |
| Operating profit | £43.1k | £21.9k | £6.3k | £20.3k |
| Profit before tax | £40.9k | £20.3k | £5.7k | £20.1k |
| Profit after tax | £26.5k | £16.4k | £4.7k | £16.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £26.5k | £16.4k | £4.7k | £16.3k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1.6% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 61.2% | 69.9% | 66.2% | 66.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £57.2k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £930 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▼4.8% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.1% | ▼71.7% | ▲249.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £48k | £34.1k | £32.7k | £22.4k |
| Net assets | £53.6k | £65k | £67.7k | £78.4k |
| Fixed assets | £7.9k | £5.3k | £4.3k | £4.4k |
| Current assets | £121k | £116k | £117k | £126k |
| Debtors | £48.3k | £46.3k | £49.4k | £70.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £78.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £22.4k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £4.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £16.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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