K Rouse Civil Engineers Limited
Registered name: K ROUSE CIVIL ENGINEERS LIMITED
K Rouse Civil Engineers Limited made £17.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
K Rouse Civil Engineers Limited’s revenue fell 38% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 86 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £17.1m | £28.1m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £14.6m | £23.6m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.5m | £4.5m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £208k | £534k | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £200k | £537k | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £161k | £409k | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £161k | £409k | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4m | £5.4m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 98 | 110 | 86 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 2.4% | 5.8% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 14.7% | 15.9% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £175k | £255k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £4.2k | £14.7k | £14.5k |
| Cash conversion | −140.6% | −8.3% | 6.2% | 40.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲63.7% | ▼38.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲153.9% | ▲295.7% | ▼22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲12.2% | ▼21.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £312k | £231k | £241k | £351k |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6m | £7.6m | £8.9m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £7.1m | £10.1m | £10m |
| Debtors | £591k | £1.8m | £3m | £664k |
| Deferred income | £27.3k | £31.8k | £31.8k | £11.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£292k | −£44.5k | £134k | £694k |
| 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
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 40.3%
- 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
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £351k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £11.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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