Backhouse Housing Limited
Registered name: BACKHOUSE HOUSING LIMITED
Part of Backhouse Group Limited groupBackhouse Housing Limited made £851k revenue and a £3.8m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Backhouse Housing Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £851k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £3.8m and 32 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £851k |
| Cost of sales | — | £23k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £828k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.1m | −£3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.1m | −£3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −276.9% | −445.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 97.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.8k | £26.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£105k | −£118k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £302k | £263k |
| Net assets | −£10.4m | −£14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £37.8k | £123k |
| Current assets | £836k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £4.8k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −445.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£118k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 119.1%
- 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 −£14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £263k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲225%
- Now £123k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Backhouse Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Backhouse Housing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Backhouse Construction LimitedRev. £18.7m · Profit —
Sister companies (1)
- Backhouse Opportunities LimitedRev. £32.5m · Profit −£15.6m
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 −£3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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