Willis Construction Limited
Registered name: WILLIS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Willis Construction Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupWillis Construction Limited made £19.6m revenue and £981k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Willis Construction Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £19.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £981k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Penylan; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penylan, Wales
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.8m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £16.2m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £901k | £981k |
| Profit (best available) | £901k | £981k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £381k | £351k |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | £17.5k |
| Cash conversion | −101.4% | −227.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £907k | £878k |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £351k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −227.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £878k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Willis Construction Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Willis Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Willis Construction Small Works LtdFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £981k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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