Matthew Properties Limited
Registered name: MATTHEW PROPERTIES LIMITED
Part of Gallagher Investments Limited groupMatthew Properties Limited made £288k revenue and £163k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Matthew Properties Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £288k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £163k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans, East of England
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 directors consider that the parent undertaking of the company is Gallagher Holdings Limited and the ultimate”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £137k | £234k | £288k |
| Operating profit | — | £124k | £176k | £209k |
| Profit before tax | — | £37.1k | £75.3k | £223k |
| Profit after tax | — | £29.1k | £45k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £29.1k | £45k | £163k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 21.2% | 19.2% | 56.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲70.9% | ▲23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲54.9% | ▲261.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £233k | £371k | £207k | £412k |
| Net assets | £255k | £284k | £5.3m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | — | £371k | £291k | £501k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £84.2k | £88.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 56.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1756%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £412k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gallagher Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gallagher Holdings Limited75–100%
- Matthew Properties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Matthew Homes LimitedRev. £75.3m · Profit £3.9m
- Matthew Investments LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1.2m
- Ayot Place 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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