Urban&civic Waterbeach Limited
Registered name: URBAN&CIVIC WATERBEACH LIMITED
Part of Mills & Reeve LLP groupUrban&civic Waterbeach Limited made -£22.6k revenue and a £12.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Urban&civic Waterbeach Limited’s revenue fell 148% to −£22.6k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £12.1m and 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Urban&Civic Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1k | £47.1k | −£22.6k |
| Cost of sales | £532k | £278k | £189k |
| Gross profit | −£522k | −£231k | −£212k |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | −£4.7m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.6m | −£13.2m | −£12.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.3m | −£13.1m | −£12.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.3m | −£13.1m | −£12.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −52721% | −27893% | 53372% |
| Gross margin | −5181% | −490.5% | 935% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲367.4% | ▼148% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £6.2m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | −£15m | −£28.2m | −£40.3m |
| Fixed assets | £62.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £133m | £200m | £210m |
| Debtors | £15.5m | £2m | £482k |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £864k | £4.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 53372%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 935%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- −17973%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- −2128%
- 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 −£40.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲371%
- Now £4.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mills & Reeve LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- Gower Place Investments Limited75–100%
- Urban&civic PLC75–100%
- Urban&civic Holdings Limited75–100%
- Urban&civic Waterbeach Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Waterbeach Estate Management Company LimitedRev. £4.2k · Profit £0
Sister companies (3)
- Urban&civic Alconbury LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £518k
- Urban&civic Rugby (Member) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£17.8k
- Urban&civic Rugby LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£12.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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