Walton Civil Engineering and Surfacing Contractors Limited
Registered name: WALTON CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SURFACING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Part of Walton Trustees Limited groupWalton Civil Engineering and Surfacing Contractors Limited made £17.2m revenue and £850k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Walton Civil Engineering and Surfacing Contractors Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £17.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £850k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Shepton Mallet; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shepton Mallet, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £12.9m | £10.7m | £15.5m | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £8.9m | £7.4m | £10.6m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.3m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1m | £1.3m | £850k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1m | £1.3m | £850k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 11.7% | 13.1% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 30.6% | 30.8% | 32.1% | 32.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £192k | £167k | £243k | £269k |
| Profit per employee | £20.4k | £25.2k | £15.7k | £19.6k | £13.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼16.8% | ▲45.4% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▼40.4% | ▲24.5% | ▼32.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼4.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £937k | £1m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £902k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £3.7m | £3m | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Walton Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Miken Holdings Limited75–100%
- Walton Civil Engineering and Surfacing Contractors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £850k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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