Kevin Watson Construction Ltd
Registered name: KEVIN WATSON CONSTRUCTION LTD
Kevin Watson Construction Ltd made £9.1m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Kevin Watson Construction Ltd’s revenue fell 34% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £113k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Barnet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnet, East of England
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.1m | £15m | £13.8m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £24.9m | £13.5m | £12.8m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £121k | £234k | £166k | £257k |
| Profit before tax | £37.5k | £105k | £71.4k | £197k |
| Profit after tax | £32.1k | £427k | £411k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.1k | £427k | £411k | £113k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 49 | 33 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 2.8% | 3% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 4.5% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 11.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £512k | £307k | £417k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | £630 | £8.7k | £12.4k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | 228.5% | −148.8% | 280% | −19% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼42.4% | ▼8.5% | ▼33.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1227% | ▼3.7% | ▼72.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼32.6% | ▼12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £179k | £1.3k | £43 |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £216k | £109k | £56k | £46.4k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £9.7m | £9.5m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £30.4k | £979k | £906k | £877k |
| Cash from operations | £276k | −£349k | £465k | −£48.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −19%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £43
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £877k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £46.4k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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