Cotswold Oak Limited
Registered name: COTSWOLD OAK LIMITED
Part of Oakwood Holdings Limited groupCotswold Oak Limited made £26.6m revenue and £471k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Cotswold Oak Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £26.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £471k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Evesham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Evesham, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.8m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £25.4m | £24.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £344k | £628k |
| Profit before tax | £343k | £628k |
| Profit after tax | £263k | £471k |
| Profit (best available) | £263k | £471k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 5% | 6.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £19.6k |
| Cash conversion | −213.2% | −210% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲79.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £189k | £225k |
| Fixed assets | £46.4k | £51.3k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £186k | £97.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£733k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −210%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £225k
- Cash at bank
- ▲98%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £51.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Oakwood Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cotswold Oak Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Cotswold Oak Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cotswold Oak Projects 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 Dec 2023 (profit £471k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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