First Conference Estate Limited
Registered name: FIRST CONFERENCE ESTATE LIMITED
Part of The Christian Conference Trust groupFirst Conference Estate Limited made £1.7m revenue and £382k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
First Conference Estate Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £382k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 116 yrs · since 1910
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £120k | £133k | £134k |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £503k | £225k | £382k |
| Profit before tax | — | £503k | £225k | £382k |
| Profit after tax | — | £503k | £225k | £382k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £503k | £225k | £382k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 26.8% | 13% | 22.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 93.6% | 92.3% | 92.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £939k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £251k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7.5% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼55.3% | ▲69.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £756k | £1.3m | £914k |
| Net assets | £161k | £161k | £161k | £161k |
| Fixed assets | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £952k |
| Debtors | £64.4k | £368k | £3k | £11.1k |
| Deferred income | — | £269k | £382k | £384k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £161k
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £914k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £384k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Christian Conference Trustultimate parent75–100%
- First Conference Estate Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £382k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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