Hanwa UK Limited
Registered name: HANWA UK LIMITED
Part of Hanwa Co., Ltd. groupHanwa UK Limited made £2.9m revenue and a £252k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hanwa UK Limited’s revenue was £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £252k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Hanwa Co., Ltd, a company listed on Tokyo stock exchange.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £590k | £956k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | −£240k |
| Profit before tax | −£269k | −£252k |
| Profit after tax | −£269k | −£252k |
| Profit (best available) | −£269k | −£252k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −16% | −8.7% |
| Gross margin | 64.8% | 66.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.7k | £222k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.8k | −£19.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £631k | £116k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £979k |
| Fixed assets | £5.6k | £3k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £471k | £151k |
| Deferred income | £118k | £121k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £222k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- 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 £979k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £116k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £121k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3k
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
- Hanwa Co., Ltd. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hanwa UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£252k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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