Ben Hoare Bell LLP
Registered name: BEN HOARE BELL LLP
Ben Hoare Bell LLP made £3m revenue and £759k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ben Hoare Bell LLP’s revenue grew 6% to £3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £759k profit and 53 employees. The company is based in Sunderland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sunderland, North East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £855k | £616k | £473k | £733k |
| Profit after tax | £855k | £619k | £488k | £759k |
| Profit (best available) | £855k | £619k | £488k | £759k |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 65 | 51 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 25.6% | 19.5% | 17.4% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.2k | £48.9k | £55k | £56k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | £9.5k | £9.6k | £14.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼11.8% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▼21.1% | ▲55.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▼21.5% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.1m | £924k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £24.7k | £4.6k | £7.6k | £6.1k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £453k | £443k | £425k | £405k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £6.1k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £759k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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