Hillhouse Estates Limited
Registered name: HILLHOUSE ESTATES LIMITED
Hillhouse Estates Limited made £102m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Hillhouse Estates Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £102m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.6m profit and 419 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Ayrshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ayrshire
- Age
- 81 yrs · since 1945
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £80.9m | £81.9m | £102m |
| Cost of sales | −£57.4m | −£56.4m | −£71.6m |
| Gross profit | £23.5m | £25.6m | £30.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £8.3m | £8.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £7.9m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £6.3m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £6.3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 275 | 311 | 419 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 7.7% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 31.2% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £294k | £263k | £244k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £20.2k | £8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲25% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲94% | ▼42% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▲34.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £244k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now 419
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Hillhouse Quarry Group LimitedRev. £83.8m · Profit £6.8m
- Bowldown Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glendoe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.e.l. Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hillhouse Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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