Lister Horsfall Holdings Limited
Registered name: LISTER HORSFALL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Lister Horsfall Holdings Limited made £14.7m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Lister Horsfall Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £14.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £5.3m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Halifax; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £14.2m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £9.8m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.4m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.4m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £839k | £857k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 25 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10% | 9.7% | 35.8% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 31.1% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £654k | £567k | £566k |
| Profit per employee | £65.2k | £54.7k | £203k |
| Cash conversion | 50.9% | 99.7% | 163% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.8% | ▲285% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £587k | £511k | £410k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.8m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £3m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | — | £136k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 35.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £566k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £203k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 163%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.3%
- 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
- ▲137%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £410k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲219%
- Now £9.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lister Horsfall LimitedRev. £14.7m · Profit £1.9m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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