Gateway14 Limited
Registered name: GATEWAY14 LIMITED
Part of Mid Suffolk District Council groupGateway14 Limited made £16.2m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Gateway14 Limited’s revenue fell 84% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.5m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 parent company of Gateway14 Limited is MSDC (Suffolk Holdings) Ltd and its registered office is Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £0 | £50.9m | £104m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £30.7m | £61.9m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £20.1m | £42.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | −£174k | £19.9m | £42m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£174k | £20m | £42.6m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£174k | £20m | £42.6m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £22.7k | £36.3k | £38k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 39.3% | 40.9% | 21.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.6% | 40.6% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £17m | £34.7m | £5.4m |
| Profit per employee | −£58k | £6.7m | £14.2m | £1.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲104.8% | ▼84.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲113.3% | ▼91.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £9.9m | £26.8m | £10.8m |
| Net assets | £978k | £17.1m | £49.1m | £30.1m |
| Fixed assets | — | £33.2k | £47.4k | — |
| Current assets | — | £36.1m | £50.6m | £32.1m |
| Debtors | £165k | £5.1m | £1m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2m
- 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
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £30.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £10.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mid Suffolk District Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- MSDC (Suffolk Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Gateway14 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stowmarket Estates LimitedRev. £44.3k · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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