R.C. Cutting & Co. Limited
Registered name: R.C. CUTTING & CO. LIMITED
Part of Cutting Group Limited groupR.C. Cutting & Co. Limited made £9.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
R.C. Cutting & Co. Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1937
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.2m | £8.5m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £993k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £993k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.6m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 86 | 85 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.1% | 12% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 53.4% | 52.1% | 57.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £95.7k | £100k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | — | £11.5k | £12k | £16.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.4% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲2.7% | ▲32.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲43.3% | ▼1.2% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £680k | £933k | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £5.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £948k | £625k | £708k | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.9m | £5.9m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £252k | £397k | £61.3k | £77.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £77.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲146%
- Now £1.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cutting Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- R.C. Cutting & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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