Welbeck Estates Company Limited(The)
Registered name: WELBECK ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Welbeck Estates Company Limited(The) made £23.8m revenue and a £793k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Welbeck Estates Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 7% to £23.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £793k and 212 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Worksop; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worksop
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.6m | £22.1m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£20.3m | −£20.4m | −£20.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | −£2.4m | −£894k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | £10.1m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | £13.3m | −£793k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | £13.3m | −£793k |
| Employees (average) | 190 | 191 | 212 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −9.1% | 60% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | 6.1% | 7.7% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £116k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.4k | £69.4k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼106% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 212
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- The Estates Climate Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Welbeck Farm Shop LimitedRev. — · Profit £366k
- Welbeck Abbey Brewery LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.2k
- Welbeck Estates Company (Title) Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Welbeck Scottish Farms LimitedRev. — · Profit −£142k
- Woodhouse Hall Developments LimitedRev. — · Profit £32.5k
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£793k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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