Hughes Bros Construction Limited
Registered name: HUGHES BROS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Hughes Bros Construction Limited made £34.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Hughes Bros Construction Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £34.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.3m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Darlington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darlington, North East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 only group in which the results are consolidated is that headed by the company's immediate and ultimate parent undertaking, Hughes Bros Construction (Holdings) Limited, whose registered office is:”
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) | £56.4m | £34.5m | £33m | £34.7m |
| Cost of sales | £32.4m | £19.7m | £18.2m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £23.9m | £14.8m | £14.8m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | −£6.5k | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£77.1k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £541k | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £541k | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £18.8m | £12.8m | £11.3m | £12.6m |
| Employees (average) | 173 | 141 | 108 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.6% | 6.3% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 43% | 44.7% | 44.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £245k | £306k | £350k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £3.8k | £19.2k | £12.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼38.8% | ▼4.4% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.7% | ▲283.4% | ▼39.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.5% | ▼23.4% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.8m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £641k | £696k | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £12m | £9.6m | £11.8m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £8.4m | £6.9m | £7.4m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £836k | £164k | £445k | £228k |
| 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
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £350k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £228k
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Hughes Bros Construction (Holdings) Limited (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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