DSD Construction Limited
Registered name: DSD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Fox Brothers Holdings Limited groupDSD Construction Limited made £44.6m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
DSD Construction Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £44.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.3m profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlisle
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.5m | £38.4m | £44.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.4m | −£29.9m | −£35.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £8.5m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | £335k | £4m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £242k | £3.9m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £142k | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £142k | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 125 | 140 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 7.7% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 22.2% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £307k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £23.6k | £23.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.1% | ▲16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1973% | ▲11% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.4k
- 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 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fox Brothers Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DSD Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Fox Brothers (Lancashire) LtdRev. £22.4m · Profit −£178k
- J.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £3.6m
- Hurt Plant Hire LtdRev. £0 · Profit £1.4m
- Fox Brothers (Bacup) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£490k
- Fox Brothers (Westby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox Managed Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- J.a.jackson Contractors (Leyland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jackson Skip & Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JFS Holdco (2025) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moore Readymix Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NMS Civil Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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