Combined Counties Properties Limited
Registered name: COMBINED COUNTIES PROPERTIES LIMITED
Part of Surrey Hills Trading Limited groupCombined Counties Properties Limited made £5.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Combined Counties Properties Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other perennial crops” and is based in Esher; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Esher, London
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private 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. From the filing: “Throughout this and the previous period the company was under the control of Surrey Hills Trading Limited which is under the control of Mr D H Dunsdon.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | £597k | £202k | £155k | £258k |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | £3m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£959k | £1.9m | £1m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£959k | £1.9m | £1m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £834k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −26.8% | 38.5% | 21.3% | 35.6% |
| Gross margin | 83.3% | 95.9% | 96.8% | 95.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £411k | £405k | £539k |
| Profit per employee | −£87.2k | £158k | £86.1k | £192k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.5% | ▼1.4% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼45.6% | ▲85.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £630k | £1.3m | £622k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £55.9m | £56.6m | £57.6m | £55.5m |
| Fixed assets | £57.7m | £56.3m | £56.3m | £52.5m |
| Current assets | £24.8m | £26.6m | £27.3m | £30.3m |
| Debtors | £20.4m | £21.9m | £24m | £27.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 35.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £539k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £192k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 973.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 506.6%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £55.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲199%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £52.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Surrey Hills Trading Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Combined Counties Properties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Surrey Hills Hotels LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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