Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global LLP
Registered name: HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER GLOBAL LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global LLP made £1.4bn revenue and £456m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global LLP’s revenue grew 4% to £1.4bn in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £456m profit and 4,566 employees. The company is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £1.3bn | £1.4bn |
| Operating profit | £377m | £438m | £478m |
| Profit before tax | £362m | £422m | £464m |
| Profit after tax | £355m | £417m | £456m |
| Profit (best available) | £355m | £417m | £456m |
| Employees (average) | 4,375 | 4,420 | 4,566 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.9% | 31.9% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £271k | £295k | £297k |
| Profit per employee | £81.1k | £94.3k | £99.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.5% | ▲9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £297k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £99.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 4,566
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £456m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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