Cranfield Conference Centre Limited
Registered name: CRANFIELD CONFERENCE CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Cranfield University groupCranfield Conference Centre Limited made £5.1m revenue and £671k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Cranfield Conference Centre Limited’s revenue was £5.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £671k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Cranfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cranfield, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £680k | £633k |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £551k | £684k |
| Profit before tax | £514k | £671k |
| Profit after tax | £514k | £671k |
| Profit (best available) | £514k | £671k |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 13.2% |
| Gross margin | 86.6% | 87.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £79.5k | £80.8k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £883k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £130k | £158k |
| Deferred income | £245k | £184k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £184k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Cranfield Universityultimate parent75–100%
- Cranfield Conference Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Cranfield Management Development LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit −£1.5m
- Cranfield Defence & Security Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cranfield Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cranfield Quality Services 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 Jul 2025 (profit £671k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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