Houston & Hawkes Ltd
Registered name: HOUSTON & HAWKES LTD
Houston & Hawkes Ltd made £28.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 27 Aug 2025.
Houston & Hawkes Ltd’s revenue grew 58% to £28.7m in the year to 27 Aug 2025, with £1.5m profit and 308 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Uxbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uxbridge, 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 | 24 Aug 2022 | 30 Aug 2023 | 28 Aug 2024 | 27 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £18.2m | £28.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £15.4m | £24.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.8m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7.4m | £12.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 121 | 202 | 308 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.2% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £89.9k | £93.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5.5k | £4.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 159.6% | 121.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲58.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲33.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲68.1% | ▲66.9% | ▲52.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £546k | £1.3m | £3.1m | £4m |
| Net assets | £246k | £396k | £627k | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6k | £309k | £264k | £130k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £3.1m | £6m | £8m |
| Debtors | £512k | £1.8m | £2.8m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £720k | £741k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 121.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲127%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲52%
- Now 308
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £741k
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £130k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Aug 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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