Homestead Ltd
Registered name: HOMESTEAD LTD
Homestead Ltd made £3.2m revenue and £648k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Homestead Ltd’s revenue grew 59% to £3.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £648k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Canvey Island; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canvey Island, East of England
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £39.4k | £408k |
| Operating profit | £252k | £687k |
| Profit before tax | −£11.7k | £854k |
| Profit after tax | −£13.9k | £648k |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.9k | £648k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 20.4% |
| Gross margin | 2% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £402k | £531k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.8k | £108k |
| Cash conversion | −122.9% | −247.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £924k | £651k |
| Net assets | £6m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3m | £7.2m |
| Current assets | £6m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £7.8k | £13k |
| Deferred income | £116k | £291k |
| Cash from operations | −£310k | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £531k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −247.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 225.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £651k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲152%
- Now £291k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £7.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £648k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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