Brims Construction Limited
Registered name: BRIMS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Brims Building Group Limited groupBrims Construction Limited made £70m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Brims Construction Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £70m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £4m profit and 200 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 29 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: “Brims Building Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.3m | £64.4m | £70m |
| Cost of sales | £52.7m | £57.9m | £62.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6.5m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Staff costs | £13.6m | £13.2m | £13.5m |
| Employees (average) | 205 | 195 | 200 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 10.1% | 11.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £284k | £330k | £350k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £17.6k | £20.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲8.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.3% | ▲17% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.5m | £17.7m | £19.4m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £716k | £981k | £334k |
| Current assets | £22.9m | £27.9m | £34.5m |
| Debtors | £7m | £6.7m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £8.3m | £8.5m | £9.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £350k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 13.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £19.4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 200
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £9.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼66%
- Now £334k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brims Building Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brims Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Brims Civil Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brims Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brims Maintenance 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 Mar 2026 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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