Henderson & Taylor Public Works Limited
Registered name: HENDERSON & TAYLOR PUBLIC WORKS LIMITED
Part of Henderson Taylor Investment Holdings Limited groupHenderson & Taylor Public Works Limited made £35.5m revenue and £837k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Henderson & Taylor Public Works Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £35.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £837k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.8m | £25.9m | £30m | £35.5m |
| Cost of sales | £27.6m | £22m | £24.5m | £30.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £3.9m | £5.5m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £414k | £178k | £860k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £428k | £202k | £650k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £430k | £202k | £637k | £837k |
| Profit (best available) | £430k | £202k | £637k | £837k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 55 | 49 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 15.2% | 18.4% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £471k | £613k | £740k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.7k | £13k | £17.4k |
| Cash conversion | −120% | −610% | −15.6% | 141.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.4% | ▲15.9% | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.9% | ▲214.8% | ▲31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼10.9% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £177k | £128k | £256k | £246k |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £10.2m | £15.1m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £4m | £8.3m | £7.6m |
| Deferred income | £679k | £196k | £537k | £254k |
| Cash from operations | −£497k | −£1.1m | −£134k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £740k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 141.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £254k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £246k
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
- Henderson Taylor Investment Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Henderson & Taylor Public Works Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lynch LimitedRev. £752k · Profit −£330k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- KLT Utilities LimitedLondon · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £35m
- Profit
- £1.5m
- Staff
- 37
- Algo (Blairgowrie) LimitedPerth · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £36.2m
- Profit
- £1.2m
- Staff
- 99
- Hughes Bros Construction LimitedDarlington · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £34.7m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 99
- DJ Civils LtdHersden · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £34.2m
- Profit
- £2.5m
- Staff
- 37
- Statom Group North LimitedLondon · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £34m
- Profit
- £1.7m
- Staff
- 13
- Tissot Industry UK LimitedCroydon · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £37.4m
- Profit
- £2.7m
- Staff
- 143
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £837k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.