HW People Limited
Registered name: HW PEOPLE LIMITED
Part of HWJ Holdings Limited groupHW People Limited made £297k revenue and a £2.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HW People Limited’s revenue fell 75% to £297k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.7k. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £1.2m | £297k |
| Cost of sales | −£805k | −£466k | −£32.4k |
| Gross profit | £870k | £740k | £264k |
| Operating profit | £150k | £112k | −£2.7k |
| Profit before tax | £150k | £112k | −£2.7k |
| Profit after tax | £113k | £112k | −£2.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £113k | £112k | −£2.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 9.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 51.9% | 61.3% | 89.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28% | ▼75.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▼102.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.1%
- 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
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- 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
- HWJ Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HW People Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Zebra People LimitedRev. £15.6m · Profit £349k
- Hitchenor Wakeford LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HW Finance LimitedRev. — · Profit £256k
- Osmii LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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