Saul Construction Limited
Registered name: SAUL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Saul Construction Limited made £12.6m revenue and £446k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Saul Construction Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £446k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £11.1m | £10.3m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £9.2m | £8.5m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.2m | £911k | £497k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £606k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1m | £823k | £446k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1m | £823k | £446k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 63 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 9.3% | 8% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £177k | £181k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £16.5k | £14.4k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | 226.3% | −35% | 126.2% | 180.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼7.2% | ▲22.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▼20.9% | ▼45.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼9.5% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £5.1m | £3.7m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £14.3m | £15.3m | £16.1m | £16.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £17.5m | £18.5m | £21.4m |
| Debtors | £707k | £83k | £153k | £170k |
| Deferred income | £239k | £253k | £257k | £287k |
| Cash from operations | £3.1m | −£424k | £1.2m | £894k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 180.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £16.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £287k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £446k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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