North Downs Housing Limited
Registered name: NORTH DOWNS HOUSING LIMITED
Part of Guildford Borough Council groupNorth Downs Housing Limited made £1.3m revenue and £956k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
North Downs Housing Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £956k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Guildford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Guildford Borough Council Holdings Limited is the immediate parent company. The registered office is Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4BB.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £871k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £232k | £536k | £792k | £847k |
| Profit before tax | £447k | £303k | £3.1m | £956k |
| Profit after tax | £447k | £303k | £3.1m | £956k |
| Profit (best available) | £447k | £303k | £3.1m | £956k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 51.3% | 28.1% | 250.2% | 73.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲13.8% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▲913% | ▼68.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £156k | £348k | £1.4m | £793k |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £9.4m | £12.5m | £13.4m |
| Current assets | £264k | £452k | £1.5m | £882k |
| Debtors | £3k | £0 | £77.1k | £88.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 73.3%
- 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
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £13.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £793k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Guildford Borough Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- North Downs Housing 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £956k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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