Home Hardware (Scotland) Limited
Registered name: HOME HARDWARE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Home Hardware (Scotland) Limited made £10.2m revenue and a £81.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Home Hardware (Scotland) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £81.7k and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Ardrossan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ardrossan, Scotland
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- 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: “Wright Hardware Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £11m | £10.3m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £9.1m | £8.5m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £302k | £197k | −£39.3k | −£109k |
| Profit before tax | £293k | £196k | −£28.1k | −£98.2k |
| Profit after tax | £254k | £147k | −£25.6k | −£81.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £254k | £147k | −£25.6k | −£81.7k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 43 | 39 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.3% | −0.3% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 17.7% | 17.1% | 17.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £257k | £264k | £291k |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £3.4k | −£657 | −£2.3k |
| Cash conversion | −132.1% | 85.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼6.7% | ▼1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.1% | ▼117.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼9.3% | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £772k | £403k | £679k | £309k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £960k | £901k | £915k | £844k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6m | £5.7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £700k | £525k | £480k | £490k |
| Deferred income | £44k | £53.6k | £13.1k | £13.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£399k | £168k | −£435k | £293k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £291k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £309k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £13.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £844k
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£81.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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