A D Bly Construction Limited
Registered name: A D BLY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Adb Construction Limited groupA D Bly Construction Limited made £47.9m revenue and £624k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
A D Bly Construction Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £47.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £624k profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent company is ADB Construction Limited, whose registered office is Unit 4D, Nup End Business Centre, Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6QJ.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £64.8m | £54m | £41.9m | £47.9m |
| Cost of sales | £57m | £46.8m | £34.9m | £40m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £7.2m | £7.1m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £740k | £686k | £592k | £813k |
| Profit before tax | £702k | £656k | £608k | £730k |
| Profit after tax | £716k | £439k | £35.6k | £624k |
| Profit (best available) | £716k | £439k | £35.6k | £624k |
| Staff costs | £11.1m | £9.6m | £8.5m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 161 | 139 | 140 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 13.4% | 16.9% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £352k | £336k | £302k | £342k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £2.7k | £256 | £4.5k |
| Cash conversion | −283.9% | 102.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼22.4% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.6% | ▼91.9% | ▲1652% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼13.7% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £2m | £2.7m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £9.9m | £7.6m | £5.4m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £22.1m | £18.8m | £21.9m | £24.2m |
| Debtors | £9.6m | £8.3m | £7.7m | £7.6m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | £705k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £342k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲45%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Adb Construction Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A D Bly Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ad Bly Groundworks & Civil Engineering LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £624k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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