City & Country Mersea Ltd
Registered name: CITY & COUNTRY MERSEA LTD
Part of City & Country Group PLC groupCity & Country Mersea Ltd made £14.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
City & Country Mersea Ltd’s revenue grew 50% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.4m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Stansted; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stansted, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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: “The intermediate parent company is City & Country Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company is City & Country Group Plc, a company registered in England ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £1k | £14.4m | £9.5m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £23.9k | £10.5m | £7.4m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | −£22.9k | £3.9m | £2m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | −£820k | £3m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | £1.9m | £186k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | £1.9m | £170k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | £1.9m | £170k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −100094% | 12.9% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | −2263% | 27.1% | 21.6% | 21.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼34.1% | ▲50.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼90.8% | ▲705% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £837k | £3.4m | £679k | £32.8k |
| Net assets | −£1.6m | £303k | £473k | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £16.7m | £11.9m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £37 | £0 | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £123k | £1.3m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.6%
- 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
- ▲290%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £32.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- City & Country Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- City & Country Holdings Ltd75–100%
- City & Country Mersea Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Sanderling Reach Residents Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- City & Country Springfield LtdRev. £35.1m · Profit £4.4m
- City & Country Bedminster LtdRev. £19.8m · Profit £595k
- City & Country Burderop LtdRev. £4.2m · Profit −£112k
- City & Country Shepton Mallet LtdRev. £1.3m · Profit £349k
- City & Country Gloucester LtdRev. £49k · Profit −£53.2k
- City & Country Dorchester LtdRev. £39.2k · Profit −£60.9k
- City & Country Sundridge LtdRev. £9.1k · Profit −£70.4k
- City & Country Bicester LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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