PHD Modular Access Services Limited
Registered name: PHD MODULAR ACCESS SERVICES LIMITED
Part of PHD Access Ltd groupPHD Modular Access Services Limited made £24.3m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
PHD Modular Access Services Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.7m profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Uxbridge; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uxbridge, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is PHD Access Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Aug 2022 | 30 Aug 2023 | 30 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.7m | £22.9m | — | £23.6m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £23.4m | £15.1m | — | £16.2m | £15.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £7.8m | — | £7.4m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.9m | — | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.5m | £987k | £987k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £9.4m | £7.5m | £7.1m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 132 | 127 | 127 | 132 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 6.1% | — | 4.8% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 34.2% | — | 31.4% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £174k | — | £186k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £8.7k | £10.6k | £8.8k | £8.8k | £12.7k |
| Cash conversion | 6.2% | −57.6% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.7% | — | — | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▼19.5% | — | ▲49.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.4% | ▼3.8% | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £17.1k | £129k | £129k | £639k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £8.9m | £10m | £10m | £11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3m | £6m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £10.3m | £10.9m | £10.9m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £3.3m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £431k | £194k | £208k | £208k | £99.6k |
| Cash from operations | £107k | −£1.1m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £11.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲394%
- Now £639k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £99.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £5.1m
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
- PHD Access Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- PHD Modular Access Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Aiseandan Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PHD Hoists & Masts 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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