Essor Ltd
Registered name: ESSOR LTD
Part of Harwood Private Capital LLP groupEssor Ltd made £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Essor Ltd reported £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025, down 18% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 5 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £409k | £468k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼18.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲133.3% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.6m | £6.7m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.8m | £4.7m | £490k |
| Fixed assets | £4.6k | £10.2k | £46.4k | £59.6k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £3.9m | £7.4m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £9k | £179k | £269k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £992k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £468k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼89%
- Now £490k
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £59.6k
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
- Harwood Private Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Harwood Private Capital UK GP Limited75–100%
- Hush Topco Limited75–100%
- Hush Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Hush Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Hush Midco 3 Limited75–100%
- Hush Bidco Limited75–100%
- Essor Ltdthis 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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