Volkerhighways Limited
Registered name: VOLKERHIGHWAYS LIMITED
Part of Volkerwessels UK Limited groupVolkerhighways Limited made £127m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Volkerhighways Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £127m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 403 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Hoddesdon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hoddesdon
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £172m | £121m | £127m |
| Cost of sales | −£157m | −£109m | −£113m |
| Gross profit | £14.4m | £11.5m | £14m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £3.6m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.8m | £4.3m | £6.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £3.2m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £3.2m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 500 | 386 | 403 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £344k | £314k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £8.3k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.6% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.1% | ▲51.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.8% | ▲4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 403
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volkerwessels UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volkerwessels Limited75–100%
- Volkerfitzpatrick Limited75–100%
- Volkerhighways Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Volkerfitzpatrick Overseas LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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