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Company No. 04639517 · Incorporated 16 Jan 2003

Old Dairy Cottages Limited

Registered name: OLD DAIRY COTTAGES LIMITED

Part of William Pears Group Limited group

Old Dairy Cottages Limited made £519k revenue and £101k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Old Dairy Cottages Limited’s revenue grew 213% to £519k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £101k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 41100Development of building projects
Status
Active
Location
London, London
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£519k
Growth ▲213.4%
Profit
£101k
Growth —
Profit margin
19.5%
Gross 55%
Employees
3
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£33.7k
Revenue/employee £173k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202130 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£1.1m£213k£166k£519k
Cost of sales£305k£168k£185k£234k
Gross profit£817k£45.1k−£19.9k£285k
Operating profit£812k−£34.8k−£38k£263k
Profit before tax£755k−£137k−£163k£135k
Profit after tax£611k−£138k−£163k£101k
Profit (best available)£611k−£138k−£163k£101k
Employees (average)2333
Ratios
Profit margin54.5%−64.8%−98.3%19.5%
Gross margin72.8%21.2%−12%55%
Revenue per employee£561k£71k£55.2k£173k
Profit per employee£306k−£46k−£54.2k£33.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth———▲213.4%
Headcount growth———0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£172k£1.7k£2.7k£916
Net assets£1.2m£1m£877k£978k
Current assets£2.7m£2.6m£2.5m£2.4m
Debtors£17.9k£21.2k£27.1k£50.4k
Deferred income£5.3k£21.8k£19.8k£23.6k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
19.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
55%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£173k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£33.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲12%
Now £978k
Cash at bank
▼66%
Now £916
Headcount
0%
Now 3
Deferred income
▲19%
Now £23.6k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
  3. William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
  4. Old Dairy Cottages Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (30)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £101k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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