The Churchmanor Estates Company PLC
Registered name: THE CHURCHMANOR ESTATES COMPANY PLC
The Churchmanor Estates Company PLC made £2.1m revenue and a £699k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
The Churchmanor Estates Company PLC’s revenue fell 95% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £699k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Public 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 parent company is Churchmanor Holdings Limited. Its registered office is River Barn, The Peninsular Business Centre, Vicarage Lane, Ipswich, IP9 2BB.”
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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £808k | £6.6m | £38.3m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £495k | £2.6m | £32.4m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £314k | £4m | £5.9m | £227k |
| Operating profit | £311k | −£381k | £2.9m | £4.7m | −£935k |
| Profit before tax | £183k | −£923k | £1.4m | £3.7m | −£818k |
| Profit after tax | £135k | −£921k | £1m | £2.7m | −£699k |
| Profit (best available) | £135k | −£921k | £1m | £2.7m | −£699k |
| Staff costs | £602k | £623k | £961k | £2.7m | £870k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −114% | 15.6% | 7.1% | −33.3% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 38.8% | 60.4% | 15.4% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £101k | £829k | £4.3m | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | −£115k | £130k | £303k | −£77.7k |
| Cash conversion | −1478% | — | −111.7% | −385.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼95.4% | ▲721% | ▲477.5% | ▼94.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼780.2% | — | ▲163.4% | ▼125.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £159k | £2.1m | £5.6m | £3m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £442k | £1.4m | £3.7m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £27.2m | £28.9m | £33.5m | £7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £19.8k | £7.2k | £849k | £16.1k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.2m | £278k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.6m | £7.7m | −£3.3m | −£18.3m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£77.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 50.9%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼77%
- Now £278k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Suffolk Business Park Management Company (Zone 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Suffolk Business Park Management Company (Zone 2) 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 2026 (profit −£699k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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