Classic 14 Holdings Limited
Registered name: CLASSIC 14 HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Classic Builders Trustees Limited groupClassic 14 Holdings Limited made £77.7m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Classic 14 Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £77.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.8m profit and 128 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 13 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.
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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £68.2m | £77.2m | £77.7m |
| Cost of sales | £61.9m | £68.2m | £67.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £9m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £4.3m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £4.3m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £3.3m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £3.3m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 158 | 128 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 4.3% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 11.7% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £480k | £489k | £607k |
| Profit per employee | £14.8k | £20.9k | £37.3k |
| Cash conversion | 229.1% | 118.5% | 122.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲56.6% | ▲44.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▼19% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £20 | £250k | £798 |
| Net assets | £754k | £865k | £753k |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | £6m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £607k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 122.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £753k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £798
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 128
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Classic Builders Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Classic 14 Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Classic Builders (South West) LimitedRev. £79.6m · Profit £4.3m
- Classic Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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