Freeman & Hook Bricklaying Contractors Limited
Registered name: FREEMAN & HOOK BRICKLAYING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Freeman & Hook Bricklaying Contractors Limited made £9.6m revenue and £667k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Freeman & Hook Bricklaying Contractors Limited’s revenue was £9.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £667k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Luton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £9.6m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £963k | £1.1m | £870k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.2m | £890k |
| Profit after tax | £786k | £876k | £667k |
| Profit (best available) | £786k | £876k | £667k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 9.2% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 14.4% | 18.8% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £962k | £637k | £599k |
| Profit per employee | £52.4k | £58.4k | £41.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33.8% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▼23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £599k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.7k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £667k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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