MHH Contracting Limited
Registered name: MHH CONTRACTING LIMITED
MHH Contracting Limited made £15.3m revenue and £214k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
MHH Contracting Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £15.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £214k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £14m | £15.5m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £10.4m | £12.9m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.6m | £2.6m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £20.6k | £730k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | £1.2m | £42.8k | £634k |
| Profit after tax | −£19.3k | £1.1m | −£388k | £214k |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.3k | £1.1m | −£388k | £214k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 52 | 51 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 8.2% | −2.5% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 25.9% | 16.6% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £232k | £269k | £303k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | −£420 | £22.1k | −£7.6k | £3.5k |
| Cash conversion | −172.8% | −156.3% | 3838% | −845.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31% | ▲10.6% | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼133.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | ▼1.9% | ▲21.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £865k | £551k | £329k | £532k |
| Net assets | £22.7m | £23.8m | £23.4m | £23.6m |
| Fixed assets | £19.4m | £20.9m | £20.7m | £21.7m |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £14.5m | £18m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £6.2m | £9m | £11.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£1.9m | £789k | −£6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −845.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 142.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 78.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £23.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £532k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲97%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £21.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Blenstone 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £214k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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