Hortons' Estate Limited
Registered name: HORTONS' ESTATE LIMITED
Hortons' Estate Limited made £16.5m revenue and £15.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Hortons' Estate Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £16.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £15.1m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1951
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.3m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.5m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £15.8m | £15m |
| Operating profit | £23.8m | £25.5m |
| Profit before tax | £17.5m | £20m |
| Profit after tax | £13.6m | £15.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £13.6m | £15.1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 78.9% | 91% |
| Gross margin | 91.6% | 90.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £596k | £534k |
| Profit per employee | £470k | £486k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 91%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 90.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £534k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £486k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Lieuin LimitedRev. £4k · Profit £3k
- Cornex LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hortons' Estate (Grand Hotel) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hortons' Estate Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kings Court Kettering Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £15.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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