Virtus Contracts Limited
Registered name: VIRTUS CONTRACTS LIMITED
Part of Virtus Contracts Trustees Limited groupVirtus Contracts Limited made £20.7m revenue and £509k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Virtus Contracts Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £509k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 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) | £23.3m | £27.3m | £26.9m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.9m | £22.5m | £22.1m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £776k | £803k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £762k | £819k | £982k | £530k |
| Profit after tax | £883k | £752k | £1.1m | £509k |
| Profit (best available) | £883k | £752k | £1.1m | £509k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 46 | 47 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 17.5% | 17.7% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | £518k | £594k | £573k | £460k |
| Profit per employee | £19.6k | £16.3k | £22.3k | £11.3k |
| Cash conversion | −33% | 251.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▼1.4% | ▼23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲39.7% | ▼51.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲2.2% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £628k | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £9.1k | £9.4k | £20.9k | £18.7k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £8.9m | £6.7m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.8m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £81.6k | £106k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£256k | £2m | £265k | £258k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £460k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £18.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Virtus Contracts Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Virtus Contracts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Virtus Interiors 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 Dec 2025 (profit £509k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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