Henderson Food Halls Limited
Registered name: HENDERSON FOOD HALLS LIMITED
Henderson Food Halls Limited made £10.5m revenue and £510k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Henderson Food Halls Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £510k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Ballymoney; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “Mr C Henderson and Mr R Henderson are the ultimate controlling parties.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £10m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £7.7m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £483k | £727k | £710k |
| Profit before tax | £409k | £659k | £687k |
| Profit after tax | £276k | £474k | £510k |
| Profit (best available) | £276k | £474k | £510k |
| Staff costs | £795k | £907k | £994k |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 50 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 4.7% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 22.8% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £200k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £9.5k | £9.3k |
| Cash conversion | −126.5% | −118.6% | −129.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.6% | ▲7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £114k | £146k | £156k |
| Deferred income | £50.1k | £51k | £85.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£611k | −£862k | −£919k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −129.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲68%
- Now £85.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £510k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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