Hopton Trading Holdings Limited
Registered name: HOPTON TRADING HOLDINGS LIMITED
Hopton Trading Holdings Limited made £37.8m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Hopton Trading Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £37.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.1m profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of mobile telephones” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £31.5m | £32.9m | £33.2m | £37.8m |
| Cost of sales | £25.5m | £26.3m | £26.7m | £27.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £329k | £565k | £754k | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | £330k | £571k | £769k | £6.9m |
| Profit after tax | £178k | £379k | £466k | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £178k | £379k | £466k | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 140 | 145 | 154 | 140 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 13.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 19.9% | 19.6% | 27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £225k | £227k | £215k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £2.6k | £3k | £36.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲1% | ▲14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.7% | ▲22.8% | ▲991.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲6.2% | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £22.1k | £15.5k | £7k | £6.8k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £6.2m | £6.3m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8.3m | £8.3m | £8.3m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £722k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £3.3k | £3.3k | £3.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £6.8k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £8.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ignite (Grantham) LimitedRev. £23.9m · Profit £3.4m
- Ignite (North) LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit £2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Ignite (Grantham) LimitedDerby · Retail sale of mobile telephones
- Revenue
- £23.9m
- Profit
- £3.4m
- Staff
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- Ignite (North) LimitedDerby · Retail sale of mobile telephones
- Revenue
- £13.9m
- Profit
- £2m
- Staff
- 51
- Peak Technologies LtdLondon · Retail sale of telecommunications equipment other than mobile telephones
- Revenue
- £45.7m
- Profit
- £2.1m
- Staff
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- Cubic Defence UK Ltd.Redhill · Retail sale of telecommunications equipment other than mobile telephones
- Revenue
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- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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