Highwood Trading Limited
Registered name: HIGHWOOD TRADING LIMITED
Highwood Trading Limited made £63.1k revenue and £1.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Highwood Trading Limited’s revenue fell 76% to £63.1k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.4k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £261k | £63.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£43.4k | £1.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£43.4k | £1.4k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −16.6% | 2.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £261k | £63.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£43.4k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼75.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £12.2k | £54.1k | −£97.5k | −£96.1k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £0 | £46.5k |
| Current assets | £0 | £74.3k | £34k | £6.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.7%
- 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 −£96.1k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £46.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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