Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited
Registered name: WILLMOTT DIXON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Hardwicke Investments Limited groupWillmott Dixon Holdings Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £23.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £23.2m profit and 1,919 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Letchworth Garden City; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 102 yrs · since 1924
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £1.2bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1bn | −£1bn | −£977m |
| Gross profit | £80.3m | £144m | £136m |
| Operating profit | −£16.7m | £43.3m | £26.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£14.4m | £46.8m | £31.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£11.5m | £35.3m | £23.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.5m | £35.3m | £23.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,998 | 1,921 | 1,919 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | 3% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 6.9% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £587k | £602k | £580k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.7k | £18.4k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £580k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 1,919
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hardwicke Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Walsworth Limited75–100%
- Willmott Dixon Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Willmott Dixon LimitedRev. £1.1bn · Profit £21m
- Park House Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Willmott Dixon FM LimitedRev. £213m · Profit £621k
- Be Living Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mi:project Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £23.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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