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Company No. 08149736 · Incorporated 19 Jul 2012

Hooke Highways Limited

Registered name: HOOKE HIGHWAYS LIMITED

Part of Mercury Topco B.V. group

Hooke Highways Limited made £13.8m revenue and £61.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text

Hooke Highways Limited’s revenue was £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £61.8k profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Lower Weare; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 52290Other transportation support activities
Status
Active
Location
Lower Weare, South West
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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: “The”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£13.8m
Growth —
Profit
£61.8k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.4%
Gross 30.4%
Employees
149
Change —
Profit / employee
£415
Revenue/employee £92.3k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£10m£13.8m
Cost of sales—£6.8m£9.6m
Gross profit—£3.2m£4.2m
Operating profit—£416k£470k
Profit before tax—£316k£99.8k
Profit after tax—£261k£61.8k
Profit (best available)—£261k£61.8k
Staff costs—£4.7m£7m
Employees (average)110138149
Ratios
Profit margin—2.6%0.4%
Gross margin—31.9%30.4%
Revenue per employee—£72.2k£92.3k
Profit per employee—£1.9k£415
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth—▲25.4%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£512k£0£230k
Net assets£1.7m£1.9m£1.8m
Fixed assets£704k£819k£616k
Current assets£2.5m£3.7m£2.6m
Debtors£1.7m£2.9m£1.5m
Deferred income£69.5k£227k£173k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£92.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£415
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now £1.8m
Cash at bank
—
Now £230k
Headcount
—
Now 149
Deferred income
—
Now £173k
Fixed assets
—
Now £616k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Mercury Topco B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Buko Traffic and Safety Limited75–100%
  3. Hooke Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Hooke Highways Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

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 2024 (profit £61.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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