Student Housing Operations Limited
Registered name: STUDENT HOUSING OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Hines Europe Limited groupStudent Housing Operations Limited made £2.8m revenue and £301k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Student Housing Operations Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £2.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £301k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “renting and operating of housing association real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £173k | £63.2k | £138k |
| Profit before tax | £51.4k | £16.1k | £339k |
| Profit after tax | £38.1k | £3.8k | £301k |
| Profit (best available) | £38.1k | £3.8k | £301k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 34 | 39 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 0.2% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.5k | £68.4k | £71.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £110 | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲20.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.1% | ▲7912% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hines Europe Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Student Housing Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hines UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £301k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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