Rose Builders (Properties) Limited
Registered name: ROSE BUILDERS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
Part of Rose Group Limited groupRose Builders (Properties) Limited made £25m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Rose Builders (Properties) Limited’s revenue grew 67% to £25m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.6m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Manningtree; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manningtree, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The immediate parent company at 31 March 2025 was Rose Homes For Life Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.3m | £23m | £14.9m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | £19.7m | £15.6m | £10.4m | £20.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £7.3m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £6m | £6.8m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £5.8m | £6.7m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £5.6m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £5.6m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.7% | 24.1% | 20.4% | 14.5% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 31.9% | 30.2% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.6m | £5.7m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Profit per employee | £1.2m | £1.4m | £760k | £723k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.7% | ▼35.1% | ▲67.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▼45.2% | ▲18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.5m | £477k | £957k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £24.5m | £30m | £32.6m | £35.7m |
| Fixed assets | £55.6k | £900k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £36.1m | £30.3m | £32.7m | £35.3m |
| Debtors | £22.9k | £75.8k | £194k | £19.7k |
| Deferred income | £7.4m | £579k | £436k | £279k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £723k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £35.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲66%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £279k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Rose Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rose Homes for Life Limited75–100%
- Rose Builders (Properties) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lawford Green Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rosper Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Russet Place (West Bergholt) Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Lawford Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rose Builders (Barleyfields) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rose Builders (Willow Farm) 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 Mar 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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