ST AUBYN ESTATES LTD
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Cash
£444k
+148.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.5m
+12.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
167
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£391k
+386.7% first positive since 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,024,008 | £7,139,174 | £7,927,539 | £7,531,771 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,347,882 | £1,265,106 | £702,210 | £361,502 | -48.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,291,546 | £1,211,816 | -£136,429 | £391,208 | +386.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,115,310 | £1,061,449 | -£19,156 | £355,937 | +1,958.1% | |
| Cash | £1,038,490 | £501,146 | £178,903 | £444,447 | +148.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,930,939 | £2,655,879 | £2,334,764 | £2,637,889 | +13% | |
| Net assets | £1,604,540 | £2,415,985 | £2,253,827 | £2,543,597 | +12.9% | |
| Equity | £1,604,540 | £2,415,985 | £2,253,827 | £2,543,597 | +12.9% | |
| Average employees | 126 | 161 | 174 | 167 | -4% | |
| Wages | £2,438,197 | £2,934,366 | £3,398,778 | £3,397,871 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £121,976 | £127,512 | £112,175 | £73,307 | -34.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £24,331 | £5,494 | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 17.7% | 8.9% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 14.9% | -0.2% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.3% | 47.6% | 30.1% | 13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.2% | 65.5% | 67.8% | 52.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.64x | 0.77x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | 23.93x | 10.14x | 22.95x | 33.07x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ST AUBYN ESTATES LTD 2015-12-16 → present
- GODOLPHIN COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1944-12-04 → 2015-12-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. St Aubyn Estates Limited is part of the wider portfolio of the St Aubyn family of businesses and as such are able to benefit from the cash flow available through these other operations.”
Group structure
- ST AUBYN ESTATES LTD · parent
- Mounts Bay Developments Limited 99%
- The Godolphin Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2026, it was agreed that a license will be issued from SMMT to SAEL to trade catering on the mount through SAEL. SAEL will then pay SMMT a turnover rent of 10% of net turnover.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVERY, Andrew Charles | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| ST AUBYN, Alice Constance | Director | 2025-02-14 | May 1992 | British |
| ST AUBYN, Felix John | Director | 2017-11-03 | Jan 1992 | British |
| ST AUBYN, Hugh James | Director | 2017-11-03 | Jun 1983 | British |
| ST LEVAN, James Piers Southwell, Lord | Director | — | Jun 1950 | British |
| SWEETLAND, Sara Kay | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLE, Owen | Secretary | — | 1998-03-30 |
| BURNETT, Nigel John | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2005-01-31 |
| HARVEY, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2005-03-04 | 2015-04-24 |
| WILLS, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 1998-03-30 | 2000-08-31 |
| ABERNETHY, Robert Mark | Director | 2009-02-05 | 2014-06-30 |
| BURNETT, Nigel John | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2005-01-31 |
| HAWARD, Jonathan Ayton | Director | 2015-07-27 | 2022-04-15 |
| LAMOND, Niamh Mary | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2023-08-11 |
| MARSHALL, Keith | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2020-10-01 |
| SLACK, Jessica Rosemary | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2017-06-30 |
| ST AUBYN, Nicholas Francis | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| ST AUBYN, Oliver Piers, The Hon | Director | — | 2006-05-24 |
| ST LEVAN, John Francis Arthur, The Rt Hon | Director | — | 2013-04-07 |
| ST LEVAN, Mary Caroline, Lady | Director | 2003-06-03 | 2025-10-31 |
| THOMAS, Archelaus Joseph Harvey | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2024-03-31 |
| VAN DE VELDE, Ramon | Director | 2015-05-05 | 2019-06-28 |
| WILLS, Paul Andrew | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| WOODFIELD, Patricia Ann | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2015-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marazion Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.