Trenchco Limited
Registered name: TRENCHCO LIMITED
Trenchco Limited made £14.6m revenue and £381k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Trenchco Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £381k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £19.8m | £15.5m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £18.4m | £14.1m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £287k | £188k | £205k | £229k |
| Profit before tax | £270k | £153k | £164k | £190k |
| Profit after tax | £452k | £280k | £186k | £381k |
| Profit (best available) | £452k | £280k | £186k | £381k |
| Staff costs | £501k | £547k | £583k | £535k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 6.8% | 9% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £64.6k | £34.9k | £23.3k | £54.4k |
| Cash conversion | −93% | −145.8% | −69.6% | −14% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼21.8% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.2% | ▼33.4% | ▲104.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £52.6k | £85.9k | £43.1k | £20k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1m | £873k |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | −£267k | −£275k | −£143k | −£32.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −14%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £20k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £873k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £381k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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