HALFORDS GROUP PLC

Active
Company number 04457314Public limited companyIncorporated 2002

Key figures

£513,500,000+2.6%
Net assets 2025/26
+4.2%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025/26
0200 m400 m600 m2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

HALFORDS GROUP PLC files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 70100

Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).

Turnover£1,801,700,000
Higher than 95% · median £16,967,000 among 2,112 that publish turnover
Net assets£513,500,000
Higher than 96% · median £388,830
Total assets£1,168,200,000
Higher than 96% · median £1,308,696
Cash£19,300,000
Higher than 95% · median £49,040
Company age24.4 years
Older than 73% · median 16.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NSG HOLDING (EUROPE) LIMITED£335.6bn
  2. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (2012) LIMITED£68.8bn
  3. ASTRAZENECA TREASURY LIMITED£48.3bn
  4. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.£48.1bn
  5. ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED£42.3bn
  6. NATIONAL GRID PLC£39.3bn
  7. RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED£39.2bn
  8. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (1998) LIMITED£34.1bn
  9. GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2bn
  10. BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£24.7bn

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 25,710. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HALFORDS GROUP PLC

What kind of company is it?

HALFORDS GROUP PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04457314. It was incorporated on 10 Jun 2002. Its status is active. The registered office is in Redditch (B98). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 3 Apr 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £1,801,700,000. Profit for the year was £32,600,000. Net assets were £513,500,000, up 2.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £19,300,000. Total assets were £1,168,200,000 and total liabilities £654,700,000. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: By turnover it ranks higher than 95% of the 2,112 that publish turnover (median £16,967,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £388,830). By total assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £1,308,696). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £49,040). It is older than 73% of them (median age 16.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Hull City Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £100k.

What do public registers and reports show?

Its gender pay gap report for 2022/23 shows median hourly pay for women 5% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 22 Jun 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2025/26

Dividends paid in the financial year: £19,100,000 (59% of the profit for the year).

History
2025/26£19,100,000
2024/25£17,400,000
2023/24£21,700,000
2022/23£19,500,000
2021/22£16,500,000
2020/21£0
Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Turnover1,369,600,0001,593,500,0001,696,500,0001,715,200,0001,801,700,000
Profit for the year77,700,00034,000,00016,900,000-33,800,00032,600,000
Cash at bank and in hand46,300,00041,900,00013,300,00019,100,00019,300,000
Total assets1,278,100,0001,347,100,0001,279,500,0001,175,400,0001,168,200,000
Total liabilities727,100,000784,300,000725,700,000675,100,000654,700,000
Net assets / total equity551,000,000562,800,000553,800,000500,300,000513,500,000
Dividends paid16,500,00019,500,00021,700,00017,400,00019,100,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

HALFORDS GROUP PLC is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Hull City Council. Its published value is £100k.

Contract
  1. Staff Benefits - Cycle to Work scheme (ESPO Framework -319)‡Hull City Council · £100,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026

No payments to suppliers were reported for this period.

Earlier periods (5)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2024
73
9%
12%
30 Sep 2023
72
12%
23%
31 Mar 2023
77
21%
23%
30 Sep 2022
75
23%
21%
1 Apr 2022
70
22%
27%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2022/23
Median hourly pay
women 5% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 0.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 79% lower
Employer size
5000 to 19,999 employees
Lower pay quarter25.8% womenLower middle16.8% womenUpper middle13.7% womenUpper pay quarter16.1% women
Earlier years (5)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2021/22
women 3.8% lower
women 2.1% lower
2020/21
women 4% lower
women 1.1% higher
2019/20
women 5.4% lower
women 2.3% lower
2018/19
women 5.5% lower
women 5.5% lower
2017/18
women 2.8% lower
women 6.1% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements3
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

7 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £1.8bn, net assets £513.5m
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £1.7bn, net assets £500.3m
  3. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £1.7bn, net assets £553.8m
  4. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £1.6bn, net assets £562.8m
  5. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £1.4bn, net assets £551m
  6. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £1.3bn, net assets £417.8m
  7. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.