KNIGHTON ESTATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£689M
+28.8% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£39M
+162.9% 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 | £21,651,399 | £20,391,052 | |
| Operating profit | -£63,917,157 | £39,109,876 | |
| Profit before tax | -£62,163,165 | £39,109,876 | |
| Net profit | -£62,163,165 | £39,109,876 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £562,153,201 | £716,059,863 | |
| Net assets | £535,097,758 | £689,010,134 | |
| Equity | £535,097,758 | £689,010,134 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -295.2% | 191.8% | |
| Net margin | -287.1% | 191.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.4% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | -0.56x | -0.07x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of this review, and the confirmed availability of financial support from the Group where necessary, and after making due enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue to operate as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- KNIGHTON ESTATES LIMITED · parent
- GPE (Whittington House) Limited 100%
- GPE (Wells Street) Limited 100%
- Cypress Dynasty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, the Company exchanged contracts to sell a non-core asset, Challenger House, E1 for £42.0 million.”
- “In June 2025, one property was sold for a consideration of £42.0 million.”
- “In August 2025, a new subsidiary of Knighton Estates Limited acquired a property for a gross consideration of £21.6 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENNARK, Darren | Secretary | 2019-09-30 | — | — |
| COTTAM, Jayne | Director | 2026-03-26 | Aug 1974 | British |
| COURTAULD, Toby Augustine | Director | 2002-04-08 | Apr 1968 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Daniel Christopher | Director | 2022-06-09 | Aug 1972 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew Nicholas Howard | Director | 2017-02-07 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Christopher Jeremy Richard | Secretary | — | 1996-12-02 |
| FRYER, Carolyn Jane | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 1998-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Desna Lee | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| DRAKESMITH, Nicholas Timon | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2011-05-27 |
| GITTENS, Paul Alexander | Director | — | 2002-07-17 |
| HALL, Patrick Oliver | Director | — | 2000-10-18 |
| MEW, Steven Richard | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2023-12-31 |
| NOEL, Robert Montague | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| PESKIN, Richard Martin | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| SANDERSON, Nicholas James | Director | 2011-07-25 | 2026-01-30 |
| SHAW, Peter David Marley | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| TAYLORSON, John Albert | Director | — | 1995-12-22 |
| THOMPSON, Neil | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2016-12-12 |
| WHITELEY, John Howard | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2005-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Portland Estates Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-10 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-5.8%
£21,651,399 £20,391,052
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+28.8%
£535,097,758 £689,010,134
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+161.2%
-£63,917,157 £39,109,876
-
Profit before tax
+162.9%
-£62,163,165 £39,109,876
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