DISTRICT ESTATES LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+89.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£95M
+5.5% vs 2024
Employees
6
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,569,550 | £9,267,534 | |
| Operating profit | £6,773,904 | £7,823,823 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,603,910 | £10,344,799 | |
| Net profit | £6,327,364 | £8,174,069 | |
| Cash | £1,054,516 | £2,002,132 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £122,643,624 | £99,610,481 | |
| Net assets | £90,334,456 | £95,318,856 | |
| Equity | £90,334,456 | £95,318,856 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.1%
£8,569,550 £9,267,534
-
Cash
+89.9%
£1,054,516 £2,002,132
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£90,334,456 £95,318,856
-
Employees
0%
6 6
-
Operating profit
+15.5%
£6,773,904 £7,823,823
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Profit before tax
+20.2%
£8,603,910 £10,344,799
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 79.0% | 84.4% | |
| Net margin | 73.8% | 88.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 0.14x | |
| Interest cover | 4.93x | 5.55x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- DISTRICT ESTATES LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Smith Nicholas (Property consultants) Limited 100%
- Friarsgate Developments Limited 100%
- The Estate Offices Limited 100%
- Friarsgate (Reading) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSHUA, Janet Clare | Secretary | 2025-10-07 | — | — |
| ANDERTON, Nigel John | Director | — | Mar 1954 | British |
| BENNETT, Alan Gordon | Director | 2005-07-25 | Oct 1958 | British |
| DAVIES, Ian James | Director | 2015-01-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| MILLS, Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SMYE, Michael Quentin | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Guy | Director | 1998-11-02 | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Alan Gordon | Secretary | 1992-05-12 | 2025-10-06 |
| GREEN, Reginald Ernest | Secretary | — | 1992-05-12 |
| HITCHCOCK, Peter James | Director | 1993-01-23 | 2019-12-31 |
| LYON, Michael Gordon | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| NICHOLAS, James Donald | Director | — | 2016-07-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Guy Bell | Director | — | 2000-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.