Canary Wharf Contractors Limited
Registered name: CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Part of Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLC groupCanary Wharf Contractors Limited made £21.2m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Canary Wharf Contractors Limited’s revenue fell 41% to £21.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 237 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.4m | £35.8m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £32m | £36.7m | £18.5m |
| Gross profit | £318k | −£846k | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £491k | £2.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £58.4k | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £55.2k | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £55.2k | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £32.3m | £37m | £34.2m |
| Employees (average) | 235 | 243 | 237 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 6.6% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 1% | −2.4% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £148k | £89.5k |
| Profit per employee | £235 | £9.7k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▼40.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4165% | ▼41.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £399k | £65k | £5.6k |
| Net assets | £76.1m | £78.5m | £11.4m |
| Current assets | £732m | £420m | £457m |
| Debtors | £958k | £642k | £457m |
| Deferred income | £7.5m | £8.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2151%
- 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
- ▼86%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼91%
- Now £5.6k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 237
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Songbird Finance Limited50–75%
- CWG Newco Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Group PLC75–100%
- Canary Wharf Estate Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Holdings Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Central Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Contractors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Canary Wharf LimitedRev. £43.3m · Profit £457m
- Canary Wharf Energy Company LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £692k
- Canary Wharf Telecoms LimitedRev. £801k · Profit £0
- Canary Wharf Residential Management LimitedRev. £647k · Profit −£792k
- Canary Wharf (Finance Lessor) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.4m
- Canary Wharf Finance (Investments) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Canary Wharf Financing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Canary Wharf Management (HQ3/HQ4) LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.7k
- CW Finance Holdings II LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CWCB Finance II LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- CWG Development Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norquil LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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