Ecl Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: ECL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Esendee Holdings Limited groupEcl Civil Engineering Limited made £105m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Ecl Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £105m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.3m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114m | £105m |
| Cost of sales | £106m | £96.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £816k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £816k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £12.5m | £12.9m |
| Fixed assets | £10.1m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £32.6m | £33.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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 £12.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £7.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Esendee Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ecl Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Eastco Homes LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ecl Civils LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ecl Infrastructures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ecl 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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