Gusbourne Estate Limited
Registered name: GUSBOURNE ESTATE LIMITED
Part of Gusbourne Limited groupGusbourne Estate Limited made £6.2m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 30 Dec 2022.
Gusbourne Estate Limited’s revenue grew 49% to £6.2m in the year to 30 Dec 2022, with a loss of £2.1m and 91 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of wine from grape” and is based in Appledore; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Appledore, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 2021 | 30 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.7m | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.7m | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −65.1% | −33.8% |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 59.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £66.5k | £68.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£43.3k | −£23.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £115k | £154k |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £13.5m | £15.3m |
| Current assets | £12m | £14m |
| Debtors | £561k | £957k |
| Deferred income | £209k | £342k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 245.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £154k
- Headcount
- ▲44%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £342k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £15.3m
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
- Gusbourne Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gusbourne Estate Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gusbourne Wines LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Dec 2022 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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