Bilfinger UK Limited
Registered name: BILFINGER UK LIMITED
Part of Bilfinger Se groupBilfinger UK Limited made £418m revenue and £17.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bilfinger UK Limited’s revenue was £418m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £17.7m profit and 32,443 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £401m | £419m | £418m |
| Cost of sales | −£362m | −£376m | −£374m |
| Gross profit | £38.5m | £42.6m | £44.5m |
| Operating profit | £10.8m | £24.5m | £25.8m |
| Profit before tax | £8.4m | £19.9m | £24.1m |
| Profit after tax | £7m | £14m | £17.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £7m | £14m | £17.7m |
| Employees (average) | 3,907 | 3,934 | 32,443 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 10.2% | 10.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £106k | £12.9k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £3.6k | £545 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲100% | ▲26.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲724.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £12.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £545
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲725%
- Now 32,443
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bilfinger Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bilfinger Northwest Europe Limited75–100%
- Bilfinger UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Orbital Gas Systems LimitedRev. £30.4m · Profit £3.3m
- Thyson Technology LimitedRev. £26.7m · Profit £2.9m
- Nzero Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £4m
- Orbital Gas (Process and Instrumentation) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thyson Technology Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £4.4m
Sister companies (1)
- Bilfinger Salamis UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £17.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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