Hurstwood Estates Limited
Registered name: HURSTWOOD ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Hurstwood Holdings Limited groupHurstwood Estates Limited made £17.3m revenue and £66.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hurstwood Estates Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £66.8k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £15.2m | £15.1m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11.9m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £120k | £106k | £44.4k | £116k |
| Profit before tax | £75.6k | £83.8k | £33.1k | £102k |
| Profit after tax | £56.4k | £28.4k | £2k | £66.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £56.4k | £28.4k | £2k | £66.8k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 48 | 47 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £316k | £322k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £592 | £42 | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼0.3% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49.6% | ▼93% | ▲3264% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼2.1% | ▲21.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £518k | £79.9k | £749k | £543k |
| Net assets | £420k | £448k | £450k | £517k |
| Fixed assets | £436k | £359k | £449k | £434k |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £10.5m | £13.4m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £5.5m | £5.9m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £460k | £389k | £393k | £315k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £517k
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £543k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £315k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £434k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hurstwood Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hurstwood Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Hurstwood Business Centres LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hurstwood Investments U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hurstwood Properties (R) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ribble Valley M.C. LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit £66.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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