Gates Family Holdings Ltd
Registered name: GATES FAMILY HOLDINGS LTD
Gates Family Holdings Ltd made £16.6m revenue and £748k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Gates Family Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £748k profit and 193 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Quorn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Quorn, East Midlands
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £15.7m | £16m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £12m | £12m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £961k | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £760k | £1m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £385k | £832k | £748k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £385k | £832k | £748k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 167 | 199 | 190 | 193 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 2.5% | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 23.1% | 25.4% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £90.4k | £78.7k | £84.4k | £86.1k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £1.9k | £4.4k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | 135% | 22.1% | 141.3% | 139.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲2.4% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.2% | ▲116.3% | ▼10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▼4.5% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £83 | £448 | £357 | £92 |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Fixed assets | £537k | £537k | £537k | £537k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.4m | £4.2m | £5.2m |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | £212k | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 139.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £100
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £92
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 193
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £537k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- F.a. Gates & Son LimitedRev. £16.6m · Profit £748k
- Gates Farming LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £748k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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