A.f. Connell Limited
Registered name: A.F. CONNELL LIMITED
A.f. Connell Limited made £19.3m revenue and £447k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
A.f. Connell Limited’s revenue grew 51% to £19.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £447k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Elland; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Elland, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £12.8m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £9.1m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £761k | £629k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £717k | £603k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £537k | £447k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £537k | £447k |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 91 | 88 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 4.2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £141k | £219k |
| Profit per employee | £15.2k | £5.9k | £5.1k |
| Cash conversion | −30% | −16.8% | −110.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27% | ▲50.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68% | ▼16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £256k |
| Net assets | −£644k | −£107k | £341k |
| Fixed assets | £59.9k | £38.6k | £89.4k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4.9m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £4.5m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£407k | −£128k | −£695k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £219k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −110.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £341k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £256k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲132%
- Now £89.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £447k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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