Character Homes (Wellingborough) Limited
Registered name: CHARACTER HOMES (WELLINGBOROUGH) LIMITED
Part of Lilliput Holdings Limited groupCharacter Homes (Wellingborough) Limited made £173k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Character Homes (Wellingborough) Limited reported £173k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024, down 14% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 4 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £202k | £173k |
| Profit (best available) | £202k | £173k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £50.6k | £43.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £42k | £30.8k |
| Net assets | £2m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £44.6k | £37.7k |
| Debtors | £2.6k | £6.8k |
| Deferred income | £4.8k | £5.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.3k
- 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
- ▲77%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £30.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £5.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £5.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lilliput Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Character Homes (Wellingborough) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Emplas Window Systems LimitedRev. £61.5m · Profit £2.3m
- Eva CRM LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lilliput Glass Holdings 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 2024 (profit £173k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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