Hershey UK Finance Limited
Registered name: HERSHEY UK FINANCE LIMITED
Part of The Hershey Company groupHershey UK Finance Limited made £6.7m revenue and £252m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hershey UK Finance Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £252m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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. From the filing: “The company is wholly owned subsidiary of Hershey UK Holding Limited., a company incorporated in England and Wales. The largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is, at the ye”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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) | £3.1m | £5.3m | £6.5m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £40.8k | £81.6k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £203k | £295k | £368k | £360k |
| Profit before tax | £76m | £133m | £72.5m | £252m |
| Profit after tax | £76m | £133m | £72.4m | £252m |
| Profit (best available) | £76m | £133m | £72.4m | £252m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 32 | 37 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2454% | 2502% | 1109% | 3744% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 99.4% | 98.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £167k | £176k | £192k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2m | £4.2m | £2m | £7.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲72.2% | ▲22.4% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.6% | ▼45.7% | ▲248% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲77.8% | ▲15.6% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £761k | £814k | £828k | £823k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £594k | £740k | £682k | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3744%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £192k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £823k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Hershey Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hershey UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Hershey UK Finance Limitedthis 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £252m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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