Shortgrove Properties Limited
Registered name: SHORTGROVE PROPERTIES LIMITED
Part of Shortgrove Developments Limited groupShortgrove Properties Limited made £126k revenue and £46.2k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Shortgrove Properties Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £126k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £46.2k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Reading; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Jul 2022 | 30 Jul 2023 | 30 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £141k | £126k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £141k | £126k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £140k | £124k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £105k | £46.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £105k | £46.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £105k | £46.2k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 74.8% | 36.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 100% | 100% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▼10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼56.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | — | £3.2k | £21.5k |
| Net assets | £524k | £440k | £335k | £335k | £289k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £3.6k | £7.5k | £3.2k | — | — |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £1k | £1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 36.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- 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
- 1665%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £289k
- Cash at bank
- ▲581%
- Now £21.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £1k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Shortgrove Developments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shortgrove Properties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Shortgrove Homes 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 Jul 2025 (profit £46.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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