Capitol Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: CAPITOL ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Capitol Engineering Services Limited made £16.7m revenue and £568k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Capitol Engineering Services Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £16.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £568k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Tolworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tolworth, London
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £15.7m | £15.3m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £12.6m | £11.9m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £658k | £715k | £837k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £636k | £696k | £789k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £469k | £499k | £568k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £469k | £499k | £568k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 78 | 83 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 3% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 19.6% | 21.9% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £211k | £201k | £184k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £6k | £6k | £6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −17.4% | −142.3% | −143.5% | −140.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼2.6% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.2% | ▲6.5% | ▲13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲6.4% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £548k | £941k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.1m | £6.1m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £205k | £191k | £185k | £155k |
| Cash from operations | −£296k | −£937k | −£1m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −140.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £155k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £568k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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