Skanska UK PLC
Registered name: SKANSKA UK PLC
Part of Skanska Ab groupSkanska UK PLC made £1.4bn revenue and £53.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Skanska UK PLC’s revenue grew 8% to £1.4bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £53.9m profit and 3,281 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Leavesden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leavesden, East of England
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1963
- Type
- Public 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.3bn | £1.3bn | £1.4bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.3bn | −£1.2bn | −£1.1bn | −£1.2bn |
| Gross profit | £111m | £90.4m | £121m | £125m |
| Operating profit | £12.7m | £6.3m | £54.1m | £46.4m |
| Profit before tax | £24.5m | £27.3m | £77.8m | £71.4m |
| Profit after tax | £16.1m | £20.4m | £57.6m | £53.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.1m | £20.4m | £57.6m | £53.9m |
| Employees (average) | 3,435 | 3,436 | 3,239 | 3,281 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.5% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 6.8% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £401k | £387k | £392k | £416k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £5.9k | £17.8k | £16.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼4.4% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27% | ▲181.7% | ▼6.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0% | ▼5.7% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £416k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.4k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 3,281
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skanska Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Skanska Construction Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Skanska UK PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Cementation Mining LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Davy Mining LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Poppy Acorn LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sarawak Surili LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Construction (Regions) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Construction UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Healthcare Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Infrastructure Development UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Infrastructure Investment UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Trusteeships LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trollope & Colls LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Skanska Cementation International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wastwater Red 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 £53.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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