Purves Estates Holdings Limited
Registered name: PURVES ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Purves Estates Holdings Limited made £0 profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Purves Estates Holdings Limited reported £0 profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £95.9k | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £5.6m | £357k |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £300 | £370k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £1 | £1 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£276k | −£499k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £370k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Purves Estates LimitedRev. £519k · Profit £277k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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