Fred Champion Groundworks Limited
Registered name: FRED CHAMPION GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
Part of Champion Groundworks & Construction Ltd groupFred Champion Groundworks Limited made £81.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Fred Champion Groundworks Limited’s revenue was £81.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 351 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Liskeard; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liskeard, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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. From the filing: “Champion Groundworks Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.1m | £78.3m | £81.1m | £81.4m |
| Cost of sales | £67.4m | £73.2m | £77.1m | −£75.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £5.1m | £4m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £1.4m | — | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £1.5m | −£77.3k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £1.1m | −£116k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £1.1m | −£116k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £15.6m | £16.7m | £17.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 326 | 339 | 348 | 351 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 1.5% | −0.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 6.5% | 5% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £227k | £231k | £233k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £3.4k | −£334 | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲3.6% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.4% | ▼110.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲2.6% | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £5.2m | £6.4m | — |
| Net assets | £21.4m | £22.3m | £17.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £10.5m | £11.1m | £9.2m | — |
| Current assets | £27.8m | £29.4m | £28.6m | — |
| Debtors | £14.1m | £12.9m | £13.2m | — |
| Deferred income | — | £3.5m | £3.5m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 351
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Champion Groundworks & Construction Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Champion Groundworks Limited75–100%
- Fred Champion Groundworks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Champion Scaffolding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fred Champion Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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