Habitat First Group Limited
Registered name: HABITAT FIRST GROUP LIMITED
Habitat First Group Limited made £10.3m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Habitat First Group Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 293 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cirencester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cirencester, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £8.3m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £2.9m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | £314k | £121k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | £184k | −£89.9k |
| Profit after tax | £409k | −£2.6m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £409k | −£2.6m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 229 | 191 | 293 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | −31.4% | −14.8% |
| Gross margin | 47.4% | 65.6% | 57.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.2k | £43.7k | £35.2k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | −£13.7k | −£5.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 537.8% | 1766% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼741% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.6% | ▲53.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.7k | £62k | £4.3k |
| Net assets | £20.4m | £17.7m | £16.2m |
| Fixed assets | £25.4m | £25.4m | £25.4m |
| Current assets | £202k | £246k | £437k |
| Debtors | £145k | £124k | £131k |
| Deferred income | £35.8k | £1m | £548k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1766%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 245.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £16.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £4.3k
- Headcount
- ▲53%
- Now 293
- Deferred income
- ▼45%
- Now £548k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £25.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (11)
- The Lower Mill Estate LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£318k
- Clambertine (Management) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clambertine LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Falco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Falco 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gladbray LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Habitat Escapes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lme Cleaning Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lme Villas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lower Mill Estate Holidays LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paxton Springs LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.