Olive House Holdings Limited
Registered name: OLIVE HOUSE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Olive House Holdings Limited made £6.7m revenue and £20.2k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Olive House Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £20.2k profit and 125 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in ST Ives; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Ives, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £6m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £2m | −£291k | £478k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | −£365k | £368k |
| Profit after tax | £93.3k | £903k | £20.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £93.3k | £903k | £20.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 123 | 125 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | 14.9% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 46.3% | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.8k | £49.1k | £53.8k |
| Profit per employee | £735 | £7.3k | £162 |
| Cash conversion | 126.5% | — | 130.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36.3% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲867.4% | ▼97.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £76.5k | £58.3k | £328k |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2k | £200 | £15.6m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6.8m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £29.4k | £32.2k | £12.5k |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | £376k | £622k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £162
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 130.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 232.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲462%
- Now £328k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7823350%
- Now £15.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Tregenna Castle Hotel LimitedRev. £6.6m · Profit −£194k
- Nuthurst Developments 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 Oct 2025 (profit £20.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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