Holker Estates Co. Limited
Registered name: HOLKER ESTATES CO. LIMITED
Part of New Cumbria Limited groupHolker Estates Co. Limited made £6.9m revenue and a £296k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Holker Estates Co. Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £6.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £296k and 77 employees. The company is classified under “recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds” and is based in Kirkby-in-Furness; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkby-in-Furness, North West
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- 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. From the filing: “Holker Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | −£5.5k | −£93.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£89.7k | −£369k |
| Profit after tax | −£186k | −£296k |
| Profit (best available) | −£186k | −£296k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 73.1% | 79.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £94k | £89.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | −£3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £431k | £94.1k |
| Net assets | −£158k | −£454k |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £232k | £307k |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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 −£454k
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £94.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £2.3m
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
- New Cumbria Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Holker Holdings Limited75–100%
- Holker Estates Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Cartmel Steeplechases (Holker) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holbeck Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Roose & Walney Sand & Gravel Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Vitagrass Farms (Holker) 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£296k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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