HBS Electronics (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of HBS Group Trustee Limited groupHBS Electronics (Holdings) Limited made £21m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
HBS Electronics (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £21m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £4.1m profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sudbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sudbury, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £21.6m | £18.8m | £21.2m | £21m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £10.5m | £11.9m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £11.2m | £8.3m | £9.2m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £1.7m | £3.6m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £611k | £14.6m | £2.9m | £5.5m |
| Profit after tax | £494k | £14.2m | £2.1m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £494k | £14.2m | £2.1m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 174 | 179 | 0 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 75.5% | 10% | 19.4% |
| Gross margin | 51.6% | 44% | 43.7% | 55.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £105k | — | £160k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £79.2k | — | £31k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.2% | ▲12.7% | ▼1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2770% | ▼85.1% | ▲92.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £860k | £356k | £1.1m | £297k |
| Net assets | £463k | £7.1m | £6.3m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £21.6m | £10.6m | £9.2m | £9.2m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £816k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £29.5k | £26.9k | £36.9k | £30.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £160k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼72%
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £30.3k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £9.2m
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
- HBS Group Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HBS Electronics (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- Redmayne Engineering LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit £2m
- Clement Clarke Communications LimitedFigures not disclosed
- E.d.s. Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Flycom Avionics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.B.S. Electronics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Linton Plastic Moulders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oldbury Engineering Co.,limitedFigures not disclosed
- Sensorcom LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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