Milestone South East Limited
Registered name: MILESTONE SOUTH EAST LIMITED
Part of Milestone Group Investments Limited groupMilestone South East Limited made £12.8m revenue and £641k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Milestone South East Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £641k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Barnet; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnet, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £9.9m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £8.2m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £409k | £443k | £644k |
| Profit before tax | £388k | £437k | £634k |
| Profit after tax | £305k | £376k | £641k |
| Profit (best available) | £305k | £376k | £641k |
| Staff costs | — | £456k | £621k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 17.3% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £993k | £852k |
| Profit per employee | £43.6k | £37.6k | £42.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲28.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.3% | ▲70.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.9% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £814k | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £649k | £1m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £168k | £139k | £118k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £7.3m | £5m |
| Debtors | £738k | £704k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £852k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £118k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Milestone Group Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Milestone South East Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Milestone West LimitedRev. £14m · Profit £456k
- Milestone Central LtdRev. £2.8m · Profit £75.7k
- Milestone Special Works LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit −£148k
- Milestone Roofing LimitedRev. £120k · Profit −£52.8k
- Firestone Protection LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milestone Contracting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milestone Ecoworks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milestone Partnerships LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milestone Scaffolding 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 Dec 2024 (profit £641k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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