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Company No. 09068983 · Incorporated 3 Jun 2014

Cestates Limited

Registered name: CESTATES LIMITED

Part of Solai Holdings Limited group

Cestates Limited made £517k revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Cestates Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £517k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Wembley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Status
Active
Location
Wembley, London
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£517k
Growth ▲1%
Profit
£1.6m
Growth —
Profit margin
300.1%
Gross 94.2%
Employees
2
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£776k
Revenue/employee £259k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£477k£499k£512k£517k
Cost of sales£34.2k£30.2k£20.3k£30.2k
Gross profit£443k£469k£492k£487k
Operating profit£339k£368k−£21.8k£2.5m
Profit before tax£107k−£57.3k−£455k£2.1m
Profit after tax−£218k−£57.3k−£352k£1.6m
Profit (best available)−£218k−£57.3k−£352k£1.6m
Employees (average)2222
Ratios
Profit margin−45.7%−11.5%−68.7%300.1%
Gross margin92.8%93.9%96%94.2%
Revenue per employee£238k£250k£256k£259k
Profit per employee−£109k−£28.6k−£176k£776k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.7%▲2.5%▲1%
Headcount growth—0%0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£10.1k£3.8k£1k£19k
Net assets£4.5m£4.5m£4.1m£5.7m
Fixed assets£12m£12m£11.8m£13.9m
Current assets£14k£7.4k£18.4k£23k
Debtors£3.9k£3.6k£17.4k£4k
Deferred income£3.2k£4.3k£5k£4.5k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
300.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
94.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£259k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£776k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2690%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.8%
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
▲38%
Now £5.7m
Cash at bank
▲1765%
Now £19k
Headcount
0%
Now 2
Deferred income
▼10%
Now £4.5k
Fixed assets
▲18%
Now £13.9m

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

Ownership chain

  1. Solai Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Cestates Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (23)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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