Halse South West Limited
Registered name: HALSE SOUTH WEST LIMITED
Part of Halse South West Holdings Limited groupHalse South West Limited made £35.3m revenue and £497k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Halse South West Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £35.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £497k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies” and is based in Ottery ST. Mary; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ottery ST. Mary, South West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.8m | £30.2m | £30.3m | £30.6m | £35.3m |
| Cost of sales | £25.3m | £26.3m | £26.8m | £27.4m | £31.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £682k | £721k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.7m | £754k | £457k | £497k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.7m | £754k | £457k | £497k |
| Staff costs | £936k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 44 | 41 | 43 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 12% | 12.9% | 11.7% | 10.2% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £654k | £687k | £740k | £711k | £841k |
| Profit per employee | £34.5k | £39k | £18.4k | £10.6k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲0.4% | ▲0.7% | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▼56.1% | ▼39.4% | ▲8.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.8% | ▲4.9% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £9.6k | £7.2k | £9.8k | £8.7k | £3.8k |
| Net assets | £4m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £5.6m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £18.1m | £17.6m | £13.6m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4.6m | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | £215k | £72.4k | £1.8m | £1.2m | £589k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £841k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £3.8k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £5.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Halse South West Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halse South West 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £497k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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