Coniston Limited
Registered name: CONISTON LIMITED
Part of Coniston Holdings Ltd groupConiston Limited made £42.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Coniston Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £42.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.6m profit and 86 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
- 43 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3m | £28.7m | £35.3m | £42.9m |
| Cost of sales | £27.9m | £26.1m | £30.8m | £37.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.6m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£272k | £98.5k | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£270k | £108k | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£800k | £81k | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£800k | £81k | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £4.9m | £5.9m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 90 | 99 | 86 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | 0.3% | 4.9% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | 9% | 12.7% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £319k | £357k | £499k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.9k | £900 | £17.6k | £18.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲23.1% | ▲21.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲2047% | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲10% | ▼13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.3m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £818k | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £51.9k | £143k | £146k | £131k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £8m | £10.3m | £14.3m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3m | £3.5m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £4.7m | £4m | £5.5m | £8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £499k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲127%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £131k
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
- Coniston Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Coniston Group Limited75–100%
- Coniston Dartford Limited75–100%
- Coniston Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Coniston FM LtdFigures not disclosed
- Coniston Specialist Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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