Ramside Estates Limited
Registered name: RAMSIDE ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Ramside Holdings Limited groupRamside Estates Limited made £37.2m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Ramside Estates Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £37.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £2m profit and 644 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Durham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- 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 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.6m | £37.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £28.9m | £30.3m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £12.8m | £15m |
| Employees (average) | 676 | 644 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 81.2% | 81.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.7k | £57.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.3m | £15.6m |
| Net assets | £32.7m | £34.8m |
| Fixed assets | £29m | £31m |
| Current assets | £19.7m | £22.6m |
| Debtors | £785k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £5.4m | £6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 83.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £34.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £15.6m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 644
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £6.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £31m
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
- Ramside Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ramside Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Select Telecom 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 30 Nov 2024 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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