HB Brands Limited
Registered name: HB BRANDS LIMITED
Part of Orix Corporation groupHB Brands Limited made £310k revenue and £422k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2024.
HB Brands Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £310k in the year to 28 Dec 2024, with £422k profit. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £414k | £414k | £310k |
| Gross profit | £414k | £414k | £310k |
| Operating profit | £404k | £404k | £562k |
| Profit before tax | £400k | £400k | £562k |
| Profit after tax | £306k | £306k | £422k |
| Profit (best available) | £306k | £306k | £422k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 74% | 74% | 135.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼25.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲37.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | — |
| Net assets | — | £648k | — |
| Fixed assets | — | £58.9k | — |
| Current assets | — | £700k | — |
| Debtors | — | £33.1k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 135.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Orix Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Hilco London Limited75–100%
- Hilco Capital Limited75–100%
- HB Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (95)
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- Huk 132 LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £895k
- Retail Agents LimitedRev. £215k · Profit −£292k
- Mermaid (Brands) LimitedRev. £49k · Profit −£8.1k
- Huk 129 LimitedRev. £47.7k · Profit £65.2k
- Hilco Advisory Services LimitedRev. £25k · Profit £18.8k
- Retail Consultancy LimitedRev. £300 · Profit £300
- Eco Equipment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Filefigure 10 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Filefigure 30 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£13.5m
- Filefigure LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Coinvest LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Collection Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £19.1k
- Hilco Commercial LimitedRev. — · Profit £210k
- Hilco GP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Investment Advisors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Ireland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco LP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco Retail Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hilco UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 10 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£969k
- Huk 102 LimitedRev. — · Profit £112k
- Huk 106 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£45k
- Huk 109 LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.4k
- Huk 110 LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.6k
- Huk 111 LimitedRev. — · Profit £382k
- Huk 112 LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.4m
- Huk 113 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£13.7k
- Huk 114 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 115 LimitedRev. — · Profit £576k
- Huk 116 LimitedRev. — · Profit £598k
- Huk 117 LimitedRev. — · Profit £989k
- Huk 118 LimitedRev. — · Profit £144k
- Huk 119 LimitedRev. — · Profit £151k
- Huk 120 LimitedRev. — · Profit £470k
- Huk 122 LimitedRev. — · Profit £556k
- Huk 124 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3k
- Huk 125 LimitedRev. — · Profit £400k
- Huk 126 LimitedRev. — · Profit £104k
- Huk 128 LimitedRev. — · Profit £514k
- Huk 131 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£25.7k
- Huk 134 LimitedRev. — · Profit £552k
- Huk 135 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 136 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 138 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 140 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 142 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huk 143 LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2024 (profit £422k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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