Hopkins Estates Limited
Registered name: HOPKINS ESTATES LIMITED
Hopkins Estates Limited made £17.1m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Hopkins Estates Limited’s revenue was £17.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2m and 87 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Wincanton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wincanton, South West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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: “Hopkins Developments (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £17.7m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £12.8m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £3.3m | £363k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2.4m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2.4m | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 63 | 87 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 13.3% | −11.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 27.4% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £266k | £281k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £31.7k | £37.3k | −£23.2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £110 | £364 |
| Net assets | £46.1m | £48.3m | £45.2m |
| Fixed assets | £41.3m | £69m | £75.2m |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £20.5m | £19.5m |
| Debtors | £114k | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 439.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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 £45.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £364
- Headcount
- —
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £75.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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