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Company No. 09211626 · Incorporated 10 Sep 2014

Highlaw Limited

Registered name: HIGHLAW LIMITED

Part of William Pears Group Limited group

Highlaw Limited made £89k revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Highlaw Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £89k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 3 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£89k
Growth ▼7%
Profit
−£1.8m
Growth —
Profit margin
−2012%
Gross −677.1%
Employees
3
Change 0%
Profit / employee
−£597k
Revenue/employee £29.7k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£118k£106k£95.7k£89k
Cost of sales£99.2k£164k£163k£692k
Gross profit£19k−£57.5k−£66.9k−£603k
Operating profit£6.3k−£70.5k−£80.2k−£616k
Profit before tax−£526k−£731k−£1.1m−£1.8m
Profit after tax−£526k−£731k−£1.1m−£1.8m
Profit (best available)−£526k−£731k−£1.1m−£1.8m
Employees (average)3333
Ratios
Profit margin−445.3%−686.6%−1195%−2012%
Gross margin16.1%−54%−69.9%−677.1%
Revenue per employee£39.4k£35.5k£31.9k£29.7k
Profit per employee−£175k−£244k−£381k−£597k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼9.9%▼10.1%▼7%
Headcount growth—0%0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3k£1.9k£3.4k£2.7k
Net assets−£4.6m−£5.3m−£6.5m−£8.3m
Current assets£6.4m£6.6m£7.7m£7.7m
Debtors£22.6k£38.1k£32.5k£33k
Deferred income£60.7k£84.6k£112k£115k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−2012%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−677.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£29.7k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£597k
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
129.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
37%
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 −£8.3m
Cash at bank
▼20%
Now £2.7k
Headcount
0%
Now 3
Deferred income
▲3%
Now £115k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

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. William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
  3. William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
  4. Highlaw Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (30)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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