Gill Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: GILL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Gill Group Limited groupGill Civil Engineering Limited made £16.5m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gill Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.3m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.8m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.8m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.9m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £6.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 37 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 8.2% | 32% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.1% | 62.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £399k | £500k |
| Profit per employee | — | £32.8k | £160k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲335.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.3% | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £695k | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £5m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £687k | £450k | £374k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £5.7m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £469k | £3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 32%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £500k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £160k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £374k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gill Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gill Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Britannia Onsite Concrete LtdFigures not disclosed
- Discount Builders Merchants (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gill Airways LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gill View Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gmisg LtdFigures not disclosed
- Pavement & Airfield Concrete Testing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Titan Plant Hire 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 £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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