NEWCOMBE ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£8.6M
+389.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£24M
+6.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.6M
+279.1% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £2,081,234 | £2,171,992 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £320,495 | £802,765 | +150.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £685,909 | £2,600,034 | +279.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £313,250 | £2,022,600 | +545.7% | |
| Cash | £1,795,441 | £5,603,144 | £4,049,244 | £1,753,378 | £8,579,416 | +389.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £31,377,387 | £33,090,337 | +5.5% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £22,237,071 | £23,760,409 | +6.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | £22,249,139 | £22,237,071 | £23,760,409 | +6.9% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £158,815 | £156,742 | -1.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 15.4% | 37.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 15.1% | 93.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.0% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.94x | 7.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 0.73x | 1.65x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- NEWCOMBE ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Finchdean Investments Limited 100%
- Friars House Investments Limited 100%
- Longmoor Land Limited 100%
- Longmoor Land (Bristol) Limited 100%
- Newcombe Estates Investments Limited 100%
- Newcombe Forestry Limited 100%
- Newcombe Estates Uckfield Limited 100%
Significant events
- “revaluation gain on the commercial portfolio”
- “strong sale of a commercial asset to a special purchaser”
- “timber felling in Northumberland”
- “windfall from the grant of residential planning permission on long-held partnership land in Leicestershire”
- “sale of the operating business at Yarnton Nurseries, Oxford”
- “sale of the garden centre site with the benefit of this lease in place”
- “increase the Group's stake in the partnership as well as in the Newcore Strategic Situations Fund III”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWCORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-30 | — | — |
| DICKINSON, Robert Alexander | Director | 2018-04-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Alexandra Clare | Director | 2011-07-07 | Oct 1978 | British |
| NEWCOMBE, Robert William | Director | 2002-06-25 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOTTINGHAM, Mathew Paul | Secretary | 1992-10-22 | 2014-06-30 |
| SEDGWICK, John Michael | Secretary | — | 1992-10-22 |
| GAVIN BROWN, Ian | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| LLEWELYN, Hugo William John | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2020-10-10 |
| NEWCOMBE, Edward Mark | Director | — | 2019-06-25 |
| NEWCOMBE, John Langton | Director | — | 1994-06-23 |
| NEWCOMBE, Lionel John | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2014-12-31 |
| NOTTINGHAM, Mathew Paul | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| SEDGWICK, John Michael | Director | — | 1998-06-24 |
| SIMON, Timothy John Adams | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2019-06-25 |
| SPEIRS, Simon John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-11-18 |
| SYMINGTON, Kenneth Michael | Director | — | 2011-07-07 |
| WATSON, Richard Goodman | Director | — | 1998-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Mark Newcombe | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.