Volkerwessels UK Limited
Registered name: VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED
Volkerwessels UK Limited made £1.5bn revenue and £53.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Volkerwessels UK Limited’s revenue was £1.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £53.3m profit and 4,004 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.5bn | £1.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.3bn | −£1.4bn | −£1.3bn |
| Gross profit | £120m | £126m | £150m |
| Operating profit | £36.2m | £44.1m | £66.1m |
| Profit before tax | £38.6m | £48.1m | £70.5m |
| Profit after tax | £28.6m | £35.6m | £53.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £28.6m | £35.6m | £53.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3,919 | 3,967 | 4,004 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 8.5% | 10.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £366k | £376k | £371k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £9k | £13.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▲49.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £371k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- 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 4,004
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Volkerstevin Holding LimitedRev. £274m · Profit £13.4m
- Volkerrail Group LimitedRev. £234m · Profit £12.4m
- Morgenwonen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerlaser Holdings (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerwessels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £53.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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