Wordsworth Excavations Limited
Registered name: WORDSWORTH EXCAVATIONS LIMITED
Wordsworth Excavations Limited made £56.8m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Wordsworth Excavations Limited’s revenue grew 67% to £56.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3m profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.8m | £38.3m | £34.1m | £56.8m |
| Cost of sales | £27.7m | £24.9m | £25.9m | £38.9m |
| Gross profit | £11m | £13.4m | £8.2m | £17.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3.8m | −£1.5m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £3.3m | −£2.3m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.9m | −£1.6m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.9m | −£1.6m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.6m | £6.2m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 131 | 128 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 7.6% | −4.7% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 35% | 24% | 31.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £308k | £292k | £266k | £389k |
| Profit per employee | £18.8k | £22.3k | −£12.5k | £20.4k |
| Cash conversion | −178.9% | −141.1% | — | −138.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼10.9% | ▲66.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▼154.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼2.3% | ▲14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £218k | £471k |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £11.4m | £7.3m | £9.9m |
| Fixed assets | £19.3m | £20.6m | £19.3m | £19.2m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £11.7m | £16.1m | £17.1m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £8.5m | £14.6m | £14.6m |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £569k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£5m | −£5.4m | −£3.5m | −£7.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £389k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −138.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.8%
- 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
- ▲37%
- Now £9.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲116%
- Now £471k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £19.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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