Thomas Contracting Limited
Registered name: THOMAS CONTRACTING LIMITED
Part of Thomas Holdings (North West) Limited groupThomas Contracting Limited made £49.7m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Thomas Contracting Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £49.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £3.1m profit and 355 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Holywell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Holywell, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.1m | £19.5m | £34m | £49.7m |
| Cost of sales | £29.2m | £19.7m | £22.3m | £42.9m |
| Gross profit | £885k | −£258k | £5.7m | £6.8m |
| Profit before tax | £467k | −£2m | £2.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £467k | −£2m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £467k | −£2m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £221k | £257k | £237k | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 355 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −10.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 2.9% | −1.3% | 16.8% | 13.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.3m | £1.9m | £3.1m | £140k |
| Profit per employee | £51.9k | −£199k | £206k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.4% | ▲74.9% | ▲46.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼525.5% | — | ▲39.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲10% | ▲3127% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £49.9k | £297k | £564k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £1.3m | £3.6m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £8.3m | £7.7m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £404k | £995k | £458k | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £54.9k | £54.9k | £28.3k | £15k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- 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
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▲88%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲90%
- Now £564k
- Headcount
- ▲3127%
- Now 355
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £15k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Thomas Holdings (North West) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thomas Contracting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Thomas Plant Hire LimitedRev. £56.3m · Profit £405k
- Diggers (Bury) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lancashire Plant & Tool Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manton Fork Lifts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- On Grade Machine Control LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orbital Equipment Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peel Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sos Hose Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £67.8k
- Thomas Armco and Fencing LtdRev. — · Profit £894k
- Thomas Attachments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Cabin Hire & Sales LimitedRev. — · Profit £19.2k
- Thomas Plant and Body Repairs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Plant Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Tool 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 May 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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