City & Country Dorchester Ltd
Registered name: CITY & COUNTRY DORCHESTER LTD
Part of City & Country Group PLC groupCity & Country Dorchester Ltd made £39.2k revenue and a £60.9k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
City & Country Dorchester Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £39.2k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £60.9k 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
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 intermediate parent company is City & Country Holdings Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company is City & Country Group Plc, a company registered in England and ”
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) | £184k | £39k | £42.2k | £39.2k |
| Cost of sales | £57.3k | £82k | £82.8k | £94.3k |
| Gross profit | £127k | −£43k | −£40.6k | −£55.1k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£60.9k |
| Profit before tax | £122k | −£48.6k | −£46.1k | −£60.9k |
| Profit after tax | £122k | −£48.6k | −£46.1k | −£60.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £122k | −£48.6k | −£46.1k | −£60.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 66.3% | −124.6% | −109.4% | −155.6% |
| Gross margin | 68.9% | −110.3% | −96.3% | −140.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.2% | ▼7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £30.6k | £17.7k | £30.4k | £18.9k |
| Net assets | −£1.5m | −£1.5m | −£1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £2.2k | £1.7k | £0 | £3.1k |
| Deferred income | £4.5k | £16.4k | £6.9k | £7.6k |
| 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
- −155.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −140.8%
- 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
- 19.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 −£1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £18.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £7.6k
- 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
- City & Country Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- City & Country Holdings Ltd75–100%
- City & Country Dorchester Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- City & Country Springfield LtdRev. £35.1m · Profit £4.4m
- City & Country Bedminster LtdRev. £19.8m · Profit £595k
- City & Country Mersea LtdRev. £14.3m · Profit £1.4m
- 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 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 −£60.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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