Kiernan Construction Limited
Registered name: KIERNAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Kiernan Holdings Limited groupKiernan Construction Limited made £22.8m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Kiernan Construction Limited’s revenue grew 80% to £22.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Ribbleton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ribbleton, North West
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £23.9m | £12.7m | £22.8m |
| Cost of sales | £26.7m | £22.6m | £11.8m | £20.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £862k | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £268k | £305k | −£38.3k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £257k | £294k | −£61.8k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £167k | £180k | −£32k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £167k | £180k | −£32k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 51 | 49 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | −0.3% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 3.9% | 5.3% | 6.8% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £545k | £469k | £258k | £448k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £3.5k | −£653 | £19.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.9% | ▼47.1% | ▲80.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼117.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼3.9% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £514k | £721k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £913k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £9.2m | £6.3m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £181k | £145k | £98.3k | £122k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £448k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £122k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Kiernan Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kiernan Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Rowan Scrap Metals 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 Jun 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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