Metropolitan (Design & Build) Limited
Registered name: METROPOLITAN (DESIGN & BUILD) LIMITED
Part of Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Limited(The) groupMetropolitan (Design & Build) Limited made £8.5k revenue and a £7.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Metropolitan (Design & Build) Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £8.5k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £7.7k. The company is classified under “renting and operating of housing association real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £2.2m | £8.5k |
| Cost of sales | −£2.9m | −£2.2m | −£8.3k |
| Gross profit | £103k | £75.6k | £289 |
| Operating profit | £93.3k | £65.6k | −£10.2k |
| Profit before tax | £93.3k | £65.6k | −£10.2k |
| Profit after tax | £71.4k | £49.2k | −£7.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £71.4k | £49.2k | −£7.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.2% | −89.7% |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.6% | ▼99.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.1% | ▼115.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −89.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Limited(The)ultimate parent50–75%
- Centremanor Limited75–100%
- Freshwater Family Holdings Limited75–100%
- Metropolitan Properties Company Limited75–100%
- Metropolitan (Design & Build) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (30)
- Metropolitan Properties (Provincial) LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit −£1.2m
- Metropolitan (Finwell Leasehold) LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £388k
- Metropolitan Management Services LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit £4.2k
- Metropolitan (Chiswell) LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£490k
- Metropolitan (Queensway) LimitedRev. £245k · Profit −£72.2k
- Metropolitan (Finwell Freehold) LimitedRev. £23.6k · Profit £33k
- Metropolitan (Cavendish) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.2m
- Barranquilla Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan (Accomodation) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan (E.m.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan (Flats) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan (Southampton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan Properties (City) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan Properties (Investments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan Properties (PF) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metropolitan Properties Co. (F.G.C.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pointgrain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repaircane LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repaircone LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairroof LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairsail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairspace LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairstone LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairstore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairsystem LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairtime LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairtone LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Repairtouch 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 −£7.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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