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Company No. 01040616 · Incorporated 31 Jan 1972

Crest Nicholson PLC

Registered name: CREST NICHOLSON PLC

Part of Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC group

Crest Nicholson PLC made £611m revenue and £27.5m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.

Crest Nicholson PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £611m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £27.5m profit and 685 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Addlestone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70100Activities of head offices
Status
Active
Location
Addlestone, London
Age
54 yrs · since 1972
Type
Public 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£611m
Growth ▼1.2%
Profit
£27.5m
Growth —
Profit margin
4.5%
Gross 13.2%
Employees
685
Change ▼2.7%
Profit / employee
£40.1k
Revenue/employee £892k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202331 Oct 202431 Oct 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£658m£618m£611m
Cost of sales−£575m−£691m−£530m
Gross profit£83m−£72.3m£80.6m
Operating profit£30m−£126m£25.6m
Profit before tax£39.6m−£120m£26.4m
Profit after tax£34.9m−£83.7m£27.5m
Profit (best available)£34.9m−£83.7m£27.5m
Employees (average)778704685
Ratios
Profit margin5.3%−13.5%4.5%
Gross margin12.6%−11.7%13.2%
Revenue per employee£845k£878k£892k
Profit per employee£44.9k−£119k£40.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼6%▼1.2%
Profit growth—▼339.8%—
Headcount growth—▼9.5%▼2.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£892k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£40.1k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼3%
Now 685
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Crest Nicholson Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. CN Finance PLC75–100%
  3. Crest Nicholson PLCthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (19)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £27.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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