Eastern Holdings Limited
Registered name: EASTERN HOLDINGS LIMITED
Eastern Holdings Limited made £893m revenue and £7.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Eastern Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £893m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.9m profit and 1,674 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Broxburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Broxburn, Scotland
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1927
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £858m | £921m | £893m |
| Cost of sales | −£756m | −£815m | −£784m |
| Gross profit | £102m | £106m | £108m |
| Operating profit | £24.1m | £20.1m | £17.5m |
| Profit before tax | £18.9m | £13.3m | £11.3m |
| Profit after tax | £14.1m | £9.4m | £7.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £14.1m | £9.4m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 1,561 | 1,624 | 1,674 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 11.5% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £550k | £567k | £533k |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £5.8k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.5% | ▼15.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £533k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- 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 1,674
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Eastern Western Motor Group LimitedRev. £894m · Profit £5.1m
- Axis Newbridge LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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