Purves Estates Limited
Registered name: PURVES ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Purves Estates Holdings Limited groupPurves Estates Limited made £519k revenue and £277k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Purves Estates Limited’s revenue was £519k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £277k profit and 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
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 is Purves Estates Holdings Limited. The ultimate controlling party is J Timothy Purves.”
Key figures
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.2k | £519k |
| Operating profit | −£29.4k | £485k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £357k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £277k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £277k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7319% | 53.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £300 | £370k |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £35.5k | £370k |
| Debtors | £35.2k | £1 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 53.4%
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £370k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Purves Estates Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Purves Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £277k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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