The Ethical Property Company PLC
Registered name: THE ETHICAL PROPERTY COMPANY PLC
The Ethical Property Company PLC made £6.3m revenue and a £6.7m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
The Ethical Property Company PLC’s revenue fell 6% to £6.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £6.7m and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Public 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: “There was no overall controlling shareholder.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £9.4m | £6.7m | £6.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £5.2m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £4.2m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £546k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £288k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | −£15.9m | £1.1m | −£6.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.3m | −£15.9m | £1.1m | −£6.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.3m | −£15.9m | £1.1m | −£6.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 92 | 99 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −42.4% | −169.3% | 16.3% | −106.8% |
| Gross margin | 48.2% | 45% | 41.9% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.9k | £102k | £67.6k | £74.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£25k | −£173k | £11k | −£79.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −141.2% | 69.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼715.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼15.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £948k | £719k | £676k |
| Net assets | £37.1m | £21.1m | £22.1m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £63.2m | £47.4m | £44m | £35.3m |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £780k | £103k | £60k | £98k |
| Deferred income | £202k | £604k | £508k | £804k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.6m | £199k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −106.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£79.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 69.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 561.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £676k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £804k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £35.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£6.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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