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Company No. 08614282 · Incorporated 18 Jul 2013

Great Leighs Estates Limited

Registered name: GREAT LEIGHS ESTATES LIMITED

Great Leighs Estates Limited made £16m revenue and a £11.9m loss in the year to 30 Aug 2023. read from filing text

Great Leighs Estates Limited’s revenue was £16m in the year to 30 Aug 2023, with a loss of £11.9m and 213 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56210Event catering activitiesSIC 93191Activities of racehorse owners
Status
In Administration
Location
London, London
Age
13 yrs · since 2013
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Aug 2023

Key figures

IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£16m
Growth —
Profit
−£11.9m
Growth —
Profit margin
−74.3%
Gross 8.8%
Employees
213
Change —
Profit / employee
−£55.7k
Revenue/employee £74.9k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202230 Aug 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.1m£16m
Cost of sales£8.1m£14.6m
Gross profit£3m£1.4m
Operating profit−£1.4m−£7.6m
Profit before tax−£2m−£11.9m
Profit after tax−£2m−£11.9m
Profit (best available)−£2m−£11.9m
Staff costs£1.9m£5m
Employees (average)151213
Ratios
Profit margin−17.9%−74.3%
Gross margin27%8.8%
Revenue per employee£73.3k£74.9k
Profit per employee−£13.1k−£55.7k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.2m£230k
Net assets−£8.4m−£20.3m
Fixed assets£20.5m£23.7m
Current assets£5.2m£17.3m
Debtors£189k£113k
Deferred income£2.6m£758k
Cash from operations−£5.7m£25.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−74.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
8.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£74.9k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£55.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
148.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.7%
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
—
Now −£20.3m
Cash at bank
—
Now £230k
Headcount
—
Now 213
Deferred income
—
Now £758k
Fixed assets
—
Now £23.7m

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

Minority corporate shareholders

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Aug 2023 (profit −£11.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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