General Estates Company Limited
Registered name: GENERAL ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED
General Estates Company Limited made £7.9m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
General Estates Company Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £3m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds” and is based in Southampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 126 yrs · since 1900
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £7.2m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.8m | −£1.5m | −£2m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 57 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 35.8% | 37.8% | 37.7% |
| Gross margin | 76% | 78.7% | 74.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £126k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | £46.3k | £47.6k | £59.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲9.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼12.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £59.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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