M & a Doocey Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: M & A DOOCEY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Doocey Holdings Limited groupM & a Doocey Civil Engineering Limited made £81m revenue and £8.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
M & a Doocey Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £81m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £8.1m profit and 205 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Tipton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tipton, West Midlands
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55m | £62.6m | £74.5m | £81m |
| Cost of sales | £42.1m | £48.6m | £59.2m | £61.8m |
| Gross profit | £12.9m | £14m | £15.3m | £19.2m |
| Operating profit | £8.2m | £8.2m | £8.5m | £11.1m |
| Profit before tax | £8.2m | £8.3m | £8.5m | £11m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £6.6m | £6.3m | £8.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £6.6m | £6.3m | £8.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £6.6m | £10.1m | £10.8m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 109 | 189 | 205 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 10.5% | 8.5% | 10% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 22.4% | 20.5% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £466k | £574k | £394k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | £56.2k | £60.1k | £33.5k | £39.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▲19% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▼3.5% | ▲27.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▲73.4% | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.9m | £5.2m | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.4m | £7.7m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £44.5k | £190k | £1.4m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £15.9m | £16.1m | £25.5m | £26.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £5.5m | £11.7m | £10.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 205
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲174%
- Now £3.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Doocey Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- M & a Doocey Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Doocey Groundworks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M. & a. Doocey Plant Hire 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 Jul 2025 (profit £8.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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