The Hatchbag Company Ltd
Registered name: THE HATCHBAG COMPANY LTD
Part of Raventa Ltd groupThe Hatchbag Company Ltd made £1.6m revenue and a £12.2k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Hatchbag Company Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £12.2k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Birkenhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birkenhead, North West
- Age
- 11 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is Raventa Trading Limited. Raventa Trading Limited is owned by Raventa Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | £685k | £600k | £625k | £680k |
| Gross profit | £813k | £823k | £900k | £930k |
| Operating profit | −£12.8k | £10.8k | −£10.8k | −£49.2k |
| Profit before tax | −£13.9k | £9.9k | −£11.4k | −£49.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£14.5k | £16.4k | −£9.8k | −£12.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£14.5k | £16.4k | −£9.8k | −£12.2k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1% | 1.1% | −0.7% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 54.3% | 57.8% | 59% | 57.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.6k | £109k | £95.3k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£905 | £1.3k | −£615 | −£760 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▲7.2% | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼160.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.8% | ▲23.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £24.5k | £14.7k | £16.8k | £4.7k |
| Net assets | £695k | £412k | £402k | £240k |
| Fixed assets | £123k | £68.6k | £27.5k | £125k |
| Current assets | £730k | £455k | £505k | £363k |
| Debtors | £679k | £411k | £452k | £324k |
| Deferred income | £2.8k | £3.4k | £5.9k | £5.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£760
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now £240k
- Cash at bank
- ▼72%
- Now £4.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £5.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲355%
- Now £125k
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
- Raventa Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Hatchbag Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- B.M.B. Industrial Cabs LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit −£7.9k
- Raventa Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Stocksigns LimitedRedhill · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.6m
- Profit
- £14.7k
- Staff
- 24
- Winzor Pharmaceuticals UK LimitedChesham · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.5m
- Profit
- £89.4k
- Staff
- 15
- Pinemark Projects LtdRochester · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.5m
- Profit
- £144k
- Staff
- 14
- Seal Analytical LimitedKing's Lynn · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.5m
- Profit
- £273k
- Staff
- 7
- S Sheals & Son LimitedNewtownards · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.9m
- Profit
- £61.3k
- Staff
- 26
- Mbad LtdLondon · Other manufacturing n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £1.3m
- Profit
- £411k
- Staff
- 5
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£12.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.