Country Estates Holdings Limited
Registered name: COUNTRY ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Country Estates Group Limited groupCountry Estates Holdings Limited made £10.4m revenue and £394k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Country Estates Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 142% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £394k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 39 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £11m | £4.3m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £8.9m | −£4.6m | −£7.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.1m | −£326k | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£1.7m | £599k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | −£1.8m | £435k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £823k | −£1.3m | £394k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £823k | −£1.3m | £394k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 40 | 37 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 7.5% | −29.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 19% | −7.6% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £449k | £275k | £116k | £316k |
| Profit per employee | £27.2k | £20.6k | −£33.8k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.2% | ▼60.9% | ▲142.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.2% | ▼252.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼7.5% | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £3m | £3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £316k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Country Estates Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Country Estates Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Country Estates Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Country Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Denton Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pam Technical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £394k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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