Harold Benjamin Solicitors Limited
Registered name: HAROLD BENJAMIN SOLICITORS LIMITED
Harold Benjamin Solicitors Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Harold Benjamin Solicitors Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.8m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Harrow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrow, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £10.2m | £10.2m | £11.7m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.3m | £6.1m | — |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.9m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 92 | 93 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.6% | 13.5% | 15.7% | 14.6% |
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 47.9% | 48% | 47.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £111k | £126k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £15k | £19.8k | £18.2k |
| Cash conversion | −81.5% | −76.3% | −135.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▲33% | ▲0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲1.1% | ▲8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £706k | £1.2m | £866k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £972k | £821k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £952k | £1.3m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £113k | £95.7k | £292k | £299k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1m | −£2.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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 £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £866k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £299k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £821k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Harold Benjamin Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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