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Company No. 00043381 · Incorporated 23 Feb 1895

Metropolitan Properties Company Limited

Registered name: METROPOLITAN PROPERTIES COMPANY LIMITED

Part of Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Limited(The) group

Metropolitan Properties Company Limited made £34.3m revenue and £12.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Metropolitan Properties Company Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £34.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.3m profit. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
131 yrs · since 1895
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£34.3m
Growth ▲7.9%
Profit
£12.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
35.8%
Gross 15.5%
Employees
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Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£31.8m£34.3m
Cost of sales−£26.3m−£29m
Gross profit£5.5m£5.3m
Operating profit−£22.8m£16m
Profit before tax−£26.6m£15.7m
Profit after tax−£22m£12.3m
Profit (best available)−£22m£12.3m
Employees (average)——
Ratios
Profit margin−69.3%35.8%
Gross margin17.2%15.5%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
35.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
15.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
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Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
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Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
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Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
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Now —
Cash at bank
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Now —
Headcount
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Now —
Deferred income
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Now —
Fixed assets
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Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Limited(The)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. Centremanor Limited75–100%
  3. Freshwater Family Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Metropolitan Properties Company Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (31)

Sister companies (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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