Tonic Construction Limited
Registered name: TONIC CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Tonic Trustees Limited groupTonic Construction Limited made £32.3m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Tonic Construction Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £32.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.6m | £29.7m | £27.2m | £32.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.8m | £24.5m | £23.5m | £28.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £5.1m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £2.8m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £2.8m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.3m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 89 | 84 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 8.1% | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 17.3% | 13.7% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £333k | £324k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £44k | £27k | £14.8k | £17.2k |
| Cash conversion | −87.7% | −126.8% | −176.9% | −6.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▼8.3% | ▲18.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.8% | ▼48.3% | ▲41.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼5.6% | ▲21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.2m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £2m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £3.3m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £328k | £361k | £340k | £258k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £50.1k | £111k | £44.8k | £79.5k |
| Deferred income | £508k | £363k | £301k | £205k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£3.5m | −£2.3m | −£101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −6.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £205k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £258k
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
- Tonic Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A J Iles Holdings Limited75–100%
- Tonic Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- A J Iles & Sons Plant 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 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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