Urban&civic PLC
Registered name: URBAN&CIVIC PLC
Part of Mills & Reeve LLP groupUrban&civic PLC made £144m revenue and £53.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Urban&civic PLC’s revenue grew 130% to £144m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £53.2m profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £104m | £62.4m | £144m |
| Cost of sales | −£91.1m | −£40.9m | −£106m |
| Gross profit | £13.1m | £21.5m | £37.8m |
| Operating profit | £15.9m | −£2m | £38.9m |
| Profit before tax | £22m | £7.6m | £47.1m |
| Profit after tax | £23.8m | £8m | £53.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £23.8m | £8m | £53.2m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 121 | 138 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 12.8% | 37% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 34.5% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £922k | £516k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £211k | £66k | £386k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.1% | ▲130.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.5% | ▲566.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £386k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mills & Reeve LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- Gower Place Investments Limited75–100%
- Urban&civic PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (19)
- Urban&civic (Management) LimitedRev. £25.5m · Profit −£1.2m
- Urban&civic Corby LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit −£1.8m
- Urban&civic Living BTR LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit −£212k
- Catesby Development Land LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Estates (Developments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Estates PLCFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Estates Promotions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Land and Planning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Land Promotions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catesby Promotions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic (Bradford) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic (Secretaries) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic Central Funding LimitedRev. — · Profit £17.3m
- Urban&civic Central Scotland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic Foodstores Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£8.2m
- Urban&civic Living BTR Waterbeach LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic Property Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban&civic Westview Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.4m
Sister companies (2)
- Premier Marinas Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wellcome Genome Campus Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £53.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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