CITY & COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£736K
-2.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
79
+6.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£204K
-34.1% first positive since 2022
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,118,705 | £1,753,127 | — | — | £3,105,241 | £20,134,947 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,221,874 | £981,352 | — | — | £1,557,591 | £600,235 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,270,894 | £1,170,022 | -£2,175,253 | £1,982,629 | £310,087 | £204,398 | |
| Net profit | — | -£3,044,594 | £1,162,248 | -£2,212,466 | £1,987,637 | £310,087 | £194,625 | |
| Cash | — | £1,101,076 | £761,346 | £183,797 | £1,155,754 | £755,758 | £735,612 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £33,732,508 | £33,308,685 | £41,478,174 | £37,526,360 | £32,838,042 | £32,928,613 | |
| Net assets | — | £25,414,176 | £33,304,335 | £31,091,869 | £31,505,006 | £31,815,093 | £32,009,718 | |
| Equity | £29,538,603 | £25,414,176 | £33,304,335 | £31,091,869 | £31,505,006 | £31,815,093 | £32,009,718 | |
| Average employees | — | 67 | — | — | 71 | 74 | 79 | |
| Wages | — | £3,785,323 | £3,240,241 | £5,039,582 | £5,088,694 | £5,219,139 | £6,123,726 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -103.3% | 56.0% | — | — | 50.2% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -97.6% | 66.3% | — | — | 10.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -9.6% | 2.9% | — | — | 4.7% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.43x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.71x | 1.19x | — | — | 0.29x | 1.50x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Goodman Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CITY & COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LTD · parent
- City & Country Bristol Ltd 100%
- City & Country Homes Ltd 100%
- City & Country Restorations Ltd 100%
- City & Country Restorations Two Ltd 100%
- City & Country Warley Ltd 100%
- Edward VII Estates Ltd 100%
- Edward VII Estates Two Ltd 100%
- Edward VII Estates Three Ltd 100%
- Tendring Farms Limited 100%
- Homes For All South East Ltd 100%
- City & Country Wellwick Ltd 100%
- City & Country Bath Ltd 100%
- City & Country Stansted Ltd 100%
- City & Country Colchester 2 Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased to £20.1m for the period from £3.1m the previous year. This is attributable to the sale of land for development to fellow group companies at cost.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARGEANT, Andrew Ian | Secretary | 2006-01-06 | — | British |
| DOUGLAS, Wayne | Director | 2020-01-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| MARNER, Simon John | Director | 2020-01-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| SARGEANT, Andrew Ian | Director | 2002-08-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SARGEANT, David Richard | Director | 2002-08-28 | Sep 1967 | British |
| SARGEANT, Timothy Robert | Director | — | Sep 1965 | British |
| SARGEANT, William | Director | 2021-03-17 | May 1991 | British |
| VERNON-HARCOURT, Simon | Director | 2011-12-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| WEST, Shelley Caroline | Director | 2024-03-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2002-06-26 | 2006-01-06 |
| MOLLISON, Roy James | Secretary | — | 2002-06-26 |
| APLIN, Suzanne Michele | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2020-08-31 |
| FOWLER, Mark Townshend | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2020-12-11 |
| MARNER, Simon John | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2004-05-28 |
| MOLLISON, Roy James | Director | — | 2002-08-28 |
| MOORE, Helen Margaret | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2019-04-16 |
| ROBINS, Gary | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2017-02-27 |
| SAMWAYS, Paul Mark | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2017-02-27 |
| SARGEANT, Bryan Arthur | Director | — | 2002-08-28 |
| SARGEANT, Patricia Irene | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| SARGEANT, Richard Arthur | Director | — | 2002-08-28 |
| WILLSHER, Peter James George | Director | 1999-06-24 | 2006-05-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City & Country Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 315 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+548.4%
£3,105,241 £20,134,947
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-2.7%
£755,758 £735,612
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£31,815,093 £32,009,718
-
Employees
+6.8%
74 79
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-61.5%
£1,557,591 £600,235
first positive since 2020
-
Profit before tax
-34.1%
£310,087 £204,398
first positive since 2022
-
Wages
+17.3%
£5,219,139 £6,123,726
highest in 6 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers