High Trees Community Development Trust
Registered name: HIGH TREES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
High Trees Community Development Trust made £1.9m revenue and a £45.5k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
High Trees Community Development Trust’s revenue fell 10% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £45.5k. The company is classified under “educational support services”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £485k | £131k | — |
| Operating profit | £485k | £131k | — |
| Profit before tax | £488k | £145k | −£45.5k |
| Profit after tax | £488k | £145k | −£45.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £488k | £145k | −£45.5k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 25 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.2% | 6.7% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 6.1% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £86k | — |
| Profit per employee | £19.5k | £5.8k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.5% | ▼9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.3% | ▼131.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.7m | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £551k | £483k | — |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | — |
| Debtors | £82.7k | £133k | — |
| Deferred income | £689k | £397k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£45.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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