Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited
Registered name: CROWN HOSTING DATA CENTRES LIMITED
Part of Ark Data Centres Limited groupCrown Hosting Data Centres Limited made £72.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £72.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.9m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in Corsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Corsham, South West
- Age
- 11 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. From the filing: “Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited is a joint venture between Ark Data Centres Limited and The Minister for the Cabinet Office.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.8m | £57.6m | £68.5m | £72.9m |
| Cost of sales | £41.5m | £54m | £64.8m | £69.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.1% |
| Cash conversion | −90% | −68.4% | −117% | −77.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲18.8% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▼8% | ▼11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £628k | £26k | £413k | £2.3k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.9m | £8.5m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £6.9m | £7.9m | £9.7m |
| Deferred income | £15.2k | £17.5k | £37k | £47.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£2m | −£3.3m | −£1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −77.3%
- 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
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £2.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £47.3k
- 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
- Ark Data Centres Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Crown Hosting Data Centres Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Minister For The Cabinet Office (registered outside the UK register) 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 Jun 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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