Baylis Estates Limited
Registered name: BAYLIS ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Baylis Trustee Company Limited groupBaylis Estates Limited made £22.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Baylis Estates Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £22.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £1.2m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £15.4m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £12.9m | £18.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.5m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.5m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £511k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £786k | £244k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £786k | £244k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £688k | £737k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 44.8% | 16.2% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £939k | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Profit per employee | £98.3k | £30.5k | £148k |
| Cash conversion | — | −280.1% | 282.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲105.5% | ▲46.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.9% | ▲383.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £807k | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £12.4m | £12.7m | £13.9m |
| Fixed assets | £29.7k | £24.7k | £19.7k |
| Current assets | £23m | £27.7m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £875k | £3.8m | £602k |
| Deferred income | £428k | £743k | £937k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£4.2m | £9.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £148k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 282.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £13.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲634%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £937k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £19.7k
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
- Baylis Trustee Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Baylis Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Southpoint Chippenham LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- J.t.baylis & Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £39k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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