Harper McDermott Ltd
Registered name: HARPER MCDERMOTT LTD
Harper McDermott Ltd made £8.7m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Harper McDermott Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £8.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3.2m profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “The company is wholly owned by Trident Trust Company Limited, which has its registered office in Jersey, in its capacity as trustee of the Harper McDermott Limited Employee Ownership Trust.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.9m | £7.8m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.8m | £2.4m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3m | £2.5m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.4m | £1.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.4m | £1.7m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 59 | 66 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 35.3% | 22.5% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £116k | £118k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | — | £41.1k | £26.4k | £54.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −99.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲13.2% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼28% | ▲85.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▲11.9% | ▼10.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £7.1m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6m | £6m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £106k | £142k | £174k | £117k |
| Deferred income | — | £705 | £21k | £20.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.8m | — | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 61.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £20.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Creditsolv LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Kelsom Financial LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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