Southrop Estates Limited
Registered name: SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Ropsley Holdings Limited groupSouthrop Estates Limited made £7.4m revenue and £70.3k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Southrop Estates Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £7.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £70.3k profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Lechlade; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lechlade, South West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £6.1m | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £10.9k | −£261k | −£196k | £263k |
| Profit before tax | £48.5k | −£354k | −£66.4k | £70.3k |
| Profit after tax | £48.5k | −£354k | −£66.4k | £70.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £48.5k | −£354k | −£66.4k | £70.3k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 119 | 129 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −5.8% | −1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 51% | 45.8% | 42.6% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £52k | £50.9k | £50.9k | £56.1k |
| Profit per employee | £394 | −£3k | −£515 | £533 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▲8.4% | ▲12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼829.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▲8.4% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £165k | £93.4k | £33.7k | £564k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £7.4m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16.5m | £16.5m | £16.5m | £16.6m |
| Current assets | £929k | £1m | £1m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £11.6k | £38.5k | £19.5k | £82.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £533
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 224.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1571%
- Now £564k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £16.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ropsley Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Southrop Holdings Limited75–100%
- Southrop Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- The Swan at Southrop LtdFigures not disclosed
- Thyme at Southrop LtdFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £70.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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