Harriet Holdings Limited
Registered name: HARRIET HOLDINGS LIMITED
Harriet Holdings Limited made £1.2bn revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 28 Apr 2024.
Harriet Holdings Limited’s revenue was £1.2bn in the year to 28 Apr 2024, with £3.3m profit and 7,007 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 28 Apr 2023 | 27 Apr 2024 | 28 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £1.2bn | £1.2bn |
| Cost of sales | −£965m | −£901m | −£901m |
| Gross profit | £275m | £283m | £283m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £12.3m | £12.3m |
| Profit before tax | £66k | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £37k | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £37k | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 7,297 | 7,007 | 7,007 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 23.9% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £169k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | £5 | £478 | £478 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8943% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £478
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 7,007
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- A.f.blakemore and Son LimitedRev. £1.2bn · Profit £3.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Apr 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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