Highbury Trading Limited
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 31 may 2026. Principal activity The principal activities of the Company during the period were commercial agency services specialising in the sale of particular products, agency services involving the sale of a variety of goods, non-specialised wholesale trade and management consultancy activities other than financial management. There were no significant changes in the nature of the Company's activities during the period. Business review The directors present the Strategic Report of HIGHBURY TRADING LIMITED for the period ended 31 May 2026. The Company continued to carry on its principal activities throughout the period, focusing on commercial agency services, wholesale trading operations and management consultancy activities. The Company maintained and developed its business relationships with customers and suppliers. Turnover for the period amounted to GBP 3,569,800. Gross profit was GBP 899,800 and profit after taxation was GBP 544,650. The company maintained a strong cash position with cash at bank of GBP 834,000 at the reporting date.
Revenue
£3.6m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£545k
Margin 20.3%
Employees
21
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£1.1m
Total assets £2.3m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
5 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2026 | £3.6m | — | £726k | 21 | £1.1m |
| 30 Sept 2025 | £3.2m | ▲ +34.7% | £571k | 21 | £521k |
| 30 Sept 2024 | £2.4m | — | £124k | 21 | £93k |
| 30 Sept 2023 | £0 | — | £0 | 0 | £1 |
| 30 Sept 2022 | — | — | — | — | £1 |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 May 2026. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Gross profit
- £900k
- Operating profit
- £726k
- Profit before tax
- £726k
- Profit after tax
- £545k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £2.3m
- Cash
- £834k
- Total liabilities
- £1.2m
- Net assets
- £1.1m
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
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