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Company No. 02042296 · Incorporated 30 Jul 1986

Advance Northumberland (Housing) Limited

Registered name: ADVANCE NORTHUMBERLAND (HOUSING) LIMITED

Part of Northumberland County Council group

Advance Northumberland (Housing) Limited made £6.8m revenue and £14.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Advance Northumberland (Housing) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £14.5m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Northumberland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Status
Active
Location
Northumberland, North East
Age
40 yrs · since 1986
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.

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 Company’s immediate parent company is Advance Northumberland Limited. Northumberland County Council is the ultimate controlling party by virtue of its shareholding in Advance Northumberland Limite”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£6.8m
Growth ▲6.6%
Profit
£14.5m
Growth ▲534.8%
Profit margin
214.6%
Gross 75.3%
Employees
27
Change ▲50%
Profit / employee
£538k
Revenue/employee £251k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.7m£5.8m£6.4m£6.8m
Cost of sales£1.7m£1.8m£2.3m£1.7m
Gross profit£3.9m£4m£4.1m£5.1m
Operating profit£2.7m£2.9m£2.7m£3.5m
Profit before tax£4m£5.8m£5.5m£6.7m
Profit after tax£4m£5.8m£2.3m£14.5m
Profit (best available)£4m£5.8m£2.3m£14.5m
Staff costs£496k£493k£651k£988k
Employees (average)1311391827
Ratios
Profit margin70.2%100.8%36%214.6%
Gross margin69.9%68.8%64.3%75.3%
Revenue per employee£43.1k£41.8k£353k£251k
Profit per employee£30.3k£42.1k£127k£538k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲2.7%▲9.4%▲6.6%
Profit growth—▲47.4%▼60.9%▲534.8%
Headcount growth—▲6.1%▼87.1%▲50%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£1.9m£2.1m£521k
Net assets£41.9m£47.4m£49.2m£66.1m
Fixed assets£104m£110m£114m£118m
Current assets£2.7m£2.3m£2.5m£2.6m
Debtors£369k£356k£325k£308k
Deferred income£2.6m£2.6m£2.6m£485k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
214.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
75.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£251k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£538k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1743%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
7.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲34%
Now £66.1m
Cash at bank
▼75%
Now £521k
Headcount
▲50%
Now 27
Deferred income
▼81%
Now £485k
Fixed assets
▲4%
Now £118m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Northumberland County Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Advance Northumberland Limited75–100%
  3. Advance Northumberland (Housing) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £14.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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