Orchard Wharf Developments Limited
Registered name: ORCHARD WHARF DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Orchard Wharf Developments Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £344k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Orchard Wharf Developments Limited’s revenue fell 92% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £344k and 2,023 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Loughton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £102k |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £233k |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £257k |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | −£344k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | −£344k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2,023 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 26.1% | −27.8% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 8.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £611 |
| Profit per employee | — | −£170 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼91.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼108.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £564k | £121k |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £3m |
| Debtors | £360 | £30.8k |
| Deferred income | £56.6k | £39.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £611
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£170
- 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
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £121k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2,023
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £39.2k
- 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
Minority corporate shareholders
- Galliard Developments Limited 25–50%
- C J O'Shea Group 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£344k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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