Gracelands Limited
Registered name: GRACELANDS LIMITED
Part of Changeregard Limited groupGracelands Limited made £43.1m revenue and £115k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Gracelands Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £43.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £115k profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 48 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: “The ultimate parent company is Changeregard Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is Stag Gates House, 63/64 The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1XS and copies of the c”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.8m | £46.7m | £40.8m | £43.1m |
| Cost of sales | £43.7m | £44.7m | £37.8m | £39.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £2m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £454k | −£1m | −£115k | £2k |
| Profit before tax | £455k | −£993k | −£339 | £113k |
| Profit after tax | £569k | −£993k | −£339 | £115k |
| Profit (best available) | £569k | −£993k | −£339 | £115k |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £6.6m | £6.1m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 127 | 123 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | −2.1% | 0% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 4.3% | 7.3% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £368k | £331k | £385k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | −£7.8k | −£3 | £1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▼12.8% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼274.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼3.1% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.8m | £6.5m | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £11m | £10m | £10m | £10.1m |
| Current assets | £23m | £22.9m | £21.6m | £22.2m |
| Debtors | £15.8m | £15.7m | £15.4m | £15.4m |
| Deferred income | £306k | £306k | £310k | £330k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £385k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £330k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Changeregard Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gracelands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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