G.b.b.estates Limited
Registered name: G.B.B.ESTATES LIMITED
G.b.b.estates Limited made £1.7m revenue and £313k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
G.b.b.estates Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £313k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Chester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 90 yrs · since 1936
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £254k | £228k | £287k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.7m | £389k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.8m | £313k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.8m | £313k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 126.3% | 168.1% | 17.9% |
| Gross margin | 86.1% | 86.2% | 83.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £366k | £331k | £291k |
| Profit per employee | £462k | £556k | £52.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▼88.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £669k | £489k | £88.4k |
| Net assets | £19.8m | £22.1m | £22m |
| Fixed assets | £24.5m | £27.4m | £29.1m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £888k |
| Debtors | £413k | £501k | £439k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £291k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1670%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.2%
- 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 £22m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £88.4k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £29.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bricks & Mortar LimitedRev. £107k · Profit £65k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £313k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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