Rettie & Company Limited
Registered name: RETTIE & COMPANY LIMITED
Rettie & Company Limited made £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Rettie & Company Limited reported £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, up 70% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 179 employees. The company is classified under “real estate agencies” and is based in East Lothian; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Lothian, Scotland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £11.4m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £6.5m | £7m | — |
| Gross profit | — | £4.8m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.1m | £906k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.1m | £906k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 138 | 140 | 179 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13% | 10% | — | — |
| Gross margin | — | 42.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £82.4k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £14k | £8.2k | £6.5k | £8.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −65.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.1% | ▼20.1% | ▲70% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.8% | ▲1.5% | ▲27.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £5.1m | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £650k | £558k | £671k | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £8.8m | £9.3m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £796k | £1.1m | £798k | £711k |
| Deferred income | £3m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£940k | −£2.5m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 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
- £8.6k
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £6.7m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 179
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲238%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Altivo Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Copernicus Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rettie & Co Designated Member LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rettie Financial Services LtdRev. — · Profit £18.6k
- Rettie Partnerships LLPFigures not disclosed
- Rettie Short Lets LimitedRev. — · Profit £53k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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