Conlon Construction Limited
Registered name: CONLON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Conlon (Eot) Limited groupConlon Construction Limited made £54.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Conlon Construction Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £54.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.6m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1961
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Conlon (EOT) Limited, a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales, as a trustee for The Conlon Employee Ownership Trust. The registered office o”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.4m | £38.3m | £45.2m | £54.4m |
| Cost of sales | £28.1m | £33.3m | £39m | £47.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £876k | £694k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £850k | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £917k | £722k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £917k | £722k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.1m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 71 | 68 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 13.1% | 13.6% | 12.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £478k | £539k | £665k | £863k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | £10.2k | £18.9k | £26.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.4% | ▲18.1% | ▲20.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.3% | ▲78.3% | ▲28.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼4.2% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £8.6m | £9.9m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £7.2m | £7.4m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £803k | £819k | £788k | £963k |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £21.8m | £22.7m | £26.5m |
| Debtors | £964k | £1.2m | £166k | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £3.8m | £6m | £7m | £7.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £863k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £7.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £963k
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
- Conlon (Eot) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Conlon Holdings Limited75–100%
- Conlon Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- CLL (Barton 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Conlon Living LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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