Oliver Connell and Son Limited
Registered name: OLIVER CONNELL AND SON LIMITED
Oliver Connell and Son Limited made £150m revenue and £17.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Oliver Connell and Son Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £150m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £17.6m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in South Greenford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Greenford, London
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £117m | £142m | £130m | £150m |
| Cost of sales | £109m | £126m | £103m | £121m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £16.1m | £26.7m | £28.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £10.8m | £19.5m | £21.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £10.6m | £20.3m | £22.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £8.3m | £15m | £17.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £8.3m | £15m | £17.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £6.1m | £7.5m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 86 | 98 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 5.9% | 11.6% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 11.4% | 20.5% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £36.2k | £96.7k | £154k | £195k |
| Cash conversion | −129.5% | −131.2% | −133.9% | −82.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▼8.5% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲232.8% | ▲80.9% | ▲16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▲14% | ▼8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.5m | £17.5m | £31.7m | £34.5m |
| Net assets | £17.8m | £22.4m | £29.6m | £39.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £8.4m | £6.9m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £38.2m | £44.5m | £53.7m | £66.7m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £7m | £6.5m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £3.5m | £6.8m | £9.3m | £9.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.1m | −£14.2m | −£26.2m | −£17.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £195k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −82.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £39.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £34.5m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £9.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £8.7m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £17.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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