City & Country Residential Ltd
Registered name: CITY & COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LTD
Part of City & Country Group PLC groupCity & Country Residential Ltd made £20.1m revenue and £195k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
City & Country Residential Ltd’s revenue grew 548% to £20.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £195k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Stansted; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stansted, East of England
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is City & Country Group Plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £1.6m | £3.1m | £20.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | £809k | £51.3k | £1.8m | £847k |
| Operating profit | −£14.6m | −£2.8m | £1.6m | £600k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.2m | £2m | £310k | £204k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | £2m | £310k | £195k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | £2m | £310k | £195k |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £6.4m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 74 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −86% | 122.4% | 10% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 3.2% | 57.6% | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £42k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.2k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲91.2% | ▲548.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼84.4% | ▼37.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £184k | £1.2m | £756k | £736k |
| Net assets | £31.1m | £31.5m | £31.8m | £32m |
| Fixed assets | £22.1m | £19.6m | £20.3m | £20.3m |
| Current assets | £23.3m | £26.3m | £21.3m | £30.5m |
| Debtors | £653k | £108k | £45.6k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1.6m | £667k | £884k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 100.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £32m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £736k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £884k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £20.3m
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
- City & Country Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- City & Country Residential Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (18)
- Tendring Farms LimitedRev. £18.8m · Profit £2.1m
- City & Country Stansted LtdRev. £17.8k · Profit −£177k
- City & Country Bristol LimitedRev. £8.3k · Profit −£1.8m
- City & Country Warley LimitedRev. £3.1k · Profit −£8.7k
- City & Country Bath LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£2.1m
- City & Country Colchester 2 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£22.4k
- City & Country Homes LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£7.4k
- City & Country Restorations LtdRev. £0 · Profit £0
- City & Country Wellwick LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1m
- Angel Court (Colchester) Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Balls Park Mansion Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Balls Park Residents Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- City & Country Colchester LtdFigures not disclosed
- Herringswell Residents Co. Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Homes for All South East LtdFigures not disclosed
- Manningtree Park Residents Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Old ST Michaels (Braintree) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sundridge Park Mansion Residents Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- City & Country Corporation LtdRev. £853k · Profit −£39k
- City & Country Investments LimitedRev. £401k · Profit £175k
- City & Country Estates LtdRev. £18.8k · Profit −£4k
- City & Country Holdings LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£51.6k
- City & Country Commercial LtdFigures not disclosed
- City & Country Group Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hall Barns (Furneaux Pelham) Management Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £195k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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