Hutton Construction Limited
Registered name: HUTTON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Hutton South East Limited groupHutton Construction Limited made £22.8m revenue and £10.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Hutton Construction Limited’s revenue was £22.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £10.8k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.5m | £30.6m | £22.9m | £22.8m |
| Cost of sales | £21.8m | £26.8m | £19.1m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £12.2k | £94.9k | −£53.4k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £157k | £231k | £65.8k |
| Profit after tax | £800k | £157k | £181k | £10.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £800k | £157k | £181k | £10.8k |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £5m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 91 | 85 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 12.6% | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £336k | £269k | £275k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £1.7k | £2.1k | £130 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼25.2% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.4% | ▲15.2% | ▼94% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▼6.6% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £3.4m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £544k | £618k | £559k | £509k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £9.6m | £6.3m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £4.5m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £4.8m | £5.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £275k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £130
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £509k
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
- Hutton South East Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hutton East Limited75–100%
- Hutton Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hutton Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hutton Shopfitting LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Hutton Builders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hutton Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hutton Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hutton Residential 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £10.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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