Volkerfitzpatrick Limited
Registered name: VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED
Part of Volkerwessels UK Limited groupVolkerfitzpatrick Limited made £785m revenue and £23.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Volkerfitzpatrick Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £785m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £23.4m profit and 1,141 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Herts; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts, East of England
- 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) | £679m | £730m | £785m |
| Cost of sales | −£636m | −£686m | −£725m |
| Gross profit | £43m | £43.7m | £60.4m |
| Operating profit | £15.4m | £15.2m | £27.1m |
| Profit before tax | £18.9m | £19.5m | £31.3m |
| Profit after tax | £14.4m | £14.6m | £23.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £14.4m | £14.6m | £23.4m |
| Employees (average) | 931 | 1,020 | 1,141 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 6.3% | 6% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £729k | £715k | £688k |
| Profit per employee | £15.5k | £14.3k | £20.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲59.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £688k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.5k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 1,141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volkerwessels UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volkerwessels Limited75–100%
- Volkerfitzpatrick Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Volkerfitzpatrick Overseas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerhighways LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- P J Davidson (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Terragrisea LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerlaser LtdFigures not disclosed
- Volkerservices LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerwessels Specialist Businesses LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £23.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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