Speedier Scaffolding Limited
Registered name: SPEEDIER SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
Part of Speedy Scaffolding Limited groupSpeedier Scaffolding Limited made £6m revenue and £389k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Speedier Scaffolding Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £389k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “scaffold erection” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company is Speedy Scaffolding Limited and its registered office is Manchester Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, BL5 3QH.”
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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £342k | £657k | £616k | £539k |
| Profit before tax | £252k | £555k | £506k | £487k |
| Profit after tax | £167k | £465k | £460k | £389k |
| Profit (best available) | £167k | £465k | £460k | £389k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 78 | 76 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 39% | 40.4% | 40.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £81k | £72k | £76.1k | £85.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | £6k | £6k | £5.6k |
| Cash conversion | −32% | −122.8% | −127.7% | −235.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲3.1% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲178.6% | ▼1.1% | ▼15.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.9% | ▼2.6% | ▼7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £98.6k | £143k | £204k | £534k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £506k | £700k | £1.1m | £907k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £132k | £43.4k | £58.2k | £37.1k |
| Deferred income | £138k | £198k | £294k | £263k |
| Cash from operations | −£109k | −£807k | −£786k | −£1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −235.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲162%
- Now £534k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £263k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £907k
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
- Speedy Scaffolding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Speedier Scaffolding Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £389k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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