Orion Developments Limited
Registered name: ORION DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Orion Developments Limited made £17m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Orion Developments Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £17m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.2m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Horbury Wakefield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horbury Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £16.7m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £13.7m | −£13.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £796k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £812k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £628k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £628k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 55 | 48 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 3.8% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 18% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £259k | £304k | £354k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £11.4k | £24.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.2% | ▲87.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼12.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £354k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.5k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Harrison Eastoft LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Orion Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orion Land & Planning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orion Land LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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