COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£30M
-35.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£284M
+13% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£26M
-75.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,308,100,000 | £1,979,700,000 | +51.3% | |
| Operating profit | £126,600,000 | £76,800,000 | -39.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £107,600,000 | £26,200,000 | -75.7% | |
| Net profit | £68,500,000 | £32,600,000 | -52.4% | |
| Cash | £47,200,000 | £30,400,000 | -35.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £680,400,000 | £818,300,000 | +20.3% | |
| Net assets | £251,300,000 | £283,900,000 | +13% | |
| Equity | £251,300,000 | £283,900,000 | +13% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 9.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 2.88x | 0.91x |
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
- COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED 2005-09-07 → present
- COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1958-11-14 → 2005-09-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received confirmation that Vistry Group PLC intends to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. Consequently, the Directors have not identified any material uncertainties to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern over a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Beechgrove (Sunninghill) Management Company Limited 100%
- Brunel Street Works Energy Services Limited 100%
- Countryside Sigma Limited 74.9%
Significant events
- “The Company is subject to various claims, audits and investigations that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. These matters include but are not limited to employment and commercial matters. The outcome of all these matters is subject to future resolution, including the uncertainties of litigation.”
- “As Government legislation, regulation and guidance further evolves in relation to building safety, including the Defective Premises Act (DPA), this may result in additional liabilities for the Company to carry out remediation works. These possible liabilities cannot currently be reliably estimated and as such no provision for them has been recognised at the balance sheet date.”
- “On 1 July 2025, Vistry Group PLC completed the extension of its £500m Revolving Credit Facility and £400m Term Loan facilities, taking the maturities from 16 December 2026 and 30 September 2026 respectively to 30 April 2028 for both agreements.”
- “On 9 July 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it was inviting views on voluntary commitments offered by Vistry Group PLC and six other UK housebuilders... The Voluntary Commitments include a commitment by the Group and the six other UK housebuilders to contribute £100 million in aggregate to His Majesty's Government which shall be disbursed to government programmes which fund and support the construction of affordable homes... The Group will contribute £12.8 million as part of this commitment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-29 | — | — |
| BATES, Clare Jane | Director | 2022-11-21 | Feb 1976 | British |
| DANIELS, Adam Thomas | Director | 2025-02-03 | Mar 1991 | British |
| KING, Daniel William | Director | 2026-03-06 | May 1984 | British |
| LAWLOR, Timothy Charles | Director | 2022-11-29 | Nov 1970 | British |
| TEAGLE, Stephen John | Director | 2023-08-25 | Dec 1959 | British |
| WARRINGTON, James Edward | Director | 2025-02-03 | Apr 1973 | British |
| WRIGHT, Thomas David | Director | 2021-12-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLGRAVE, Wendy Elizabeth | Secretary | 2008-08-04 | 2015-03-16 |
| HOYLES, Robin Patrick | Secretary | 1994-01-19 | 2004-06-01 |
| PEARCE, Michael Frank | Secretary | — | 1994-01-19 |
| SHILLINGLAW, Gary Preston | Secretary | 2004-06-01 | 2008-08-04 |
| WHITAKER, Gary | Secretary | 2015-03-16 | 2022-11-29 |
| ANDERSON, Bruce Smith | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2006-10-04 |
| BOLEAT, Mark John, Sir | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| CARR-LOCKE, Andrew Charles Phillip | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2014-05-16 |
| CHAPMAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| CHERRY, Alan Herbert | Director | — | 2010-01-23 |
| CHERRY, Graham Stewart | Director | — | 2019-09-30 |
| CHERRY, Richard Stephen | Director | — | 2017-09-30 |
| COLGRAVE, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2015-09-25 |
| CROOK, Christopher Peter | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| DOIG, David John | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| GUPTA, Patricia | Director | — | 2007-09-30 |
| JAMIESON, Joanne | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2023-03-31 |
| KELLEY, Ian Russell | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2020-12-09 |
| LYONS, Phillip Victor | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2022-12-31 |
| MCGOWAN, Daniel Hugh | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2022-07-01 |
| MCPHERSON, Iain Duncan | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2022-01-13 |
| PEARCE, Michael Frank | Director | — | 2002-06-01 |
| PICKSTOCK, Samuel Frank | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2002-12-31 |
| QUINN, Peter Herbert | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2000-12-31 |
| REYNER, John Neville | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2005-03-31 |
| SCOTT, Michael Ian | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-11-29 |
| SIBLEY, Earl | Director | 2022-11-29 | 2024-12-31 |
| SUPPERSTONE, Harold Bernard | Director | — | 1992-08-03 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Ian Calvert | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| THORNHAM, David Alan | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2005-03-31 |
| WOOLLISCROFT, Michael Philip | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| WORTHINGTON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside Properties (Housebuilding) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 2264 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-17 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-05 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.