Crawley Down Group Limited
Registered name: CRAWLEY DOWN GROUP LIMITED
Part of Crawley Down Holdings Ltd groupCrawley Down Group Limited made £10.7m revenue and £108k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Crawley Down Group Limited’s revenue was £10.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £108k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Crawley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £748k | £808k |
| Operating profit | £152k | £76.9k |
| Profit before tax | £160k | £85.2k |
| Profit after tax | £32.6k | £108k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.6k | £108k |
| Staff costs | £634k | £846k |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 7.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | £837 | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲231.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £607k | £627k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £124k | £207k |
| Deferred income | £79k | £140k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £627k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲77%
- Now £140k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £2.6m
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
- Crawley Down Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Crawley Down Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Crawley Down Garage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crawley Down LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Voller & Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Airport Parking and Hotels LimitedRev. £31.4m · Profit £3.2m
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 2024 (profit £108k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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