HF Limited
Registered name: HF LIMITED
Part of HF Topco Limited groupHF Limited made £89.2m revenue and £8.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HF Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £89.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.7m profit. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Salford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £68.9m | £89.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £8.8m | £11.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £8.5m | £11.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £6.2m | £8.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £6.2m | £8.7m |
| Staff costs | £34.6m | £45.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 668 | 826 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 9% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £83.4k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲29.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲40.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11 | £4.6m | — |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £12.5m | — |
| Debtors | £13.9m | £17.1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- HF Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HF Holdco Limited75–100%
- HF Midco Limited75–100%
- HF Bidco Limited75–100%
- HF Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Hempsons LLPRev. £24.3m · Profit £1.9m
- Doon LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HF Assistance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hf.law LtdFigures not disclosed
- Highfive Powered by HF LtdFigures not disclosed
- Horwich Farrelly LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Horwich Farrelly Nominee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HR Solutions by Design LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Investigations by Design LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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