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.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 30 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 151 | 213 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −17.9% | −74.3% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Bet Solutions International Limited 25–50%
- Tote Media Limited 25–50%
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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