Hillier Hopkins Accountants Limited
Registered name: HILLIER HOPKINS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
Part of Hillier Hopkins LLP groupHillier Hopkins Accountants Limited made £2.4m revenue and a £120k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Hillier Hopkins Accountants Limited’s revenue grew 623% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £120k and 25 employees. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £329k | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £328k | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £861 | £811k |
| Operating profit | — | −£535k | £59.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£385k | −£16.9k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£385k | −£120k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£385k | −£120k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −117% | −5% |
| Gross margin | — | 0.3% | 34.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £82.2k | £95.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£96.2k | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲623% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲525% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £412k | £227k |
| Net assets | £100 | −£385k | −£504k |
| Fixed assets | — | £2.9m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £100 | £1.5m | £1m |
| Debtors | £100 | £669k | £395k |
| Deferred income | — | £87.9k | £79k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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 −£504k
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £227k
- Headcount
- ▲525%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £79k
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hillier Hopkins LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Hillier Hopkins Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hillier Hopkins Accountants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hillier Hopkins Accounting LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£120k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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