Read Construction Group Limited
Registered name: READ CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED
Part of Read Construction UK Limited groupRead Construction Group Limited made £0 revenue and £411k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Read Construction Group Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £411k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Brymbo; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brymbo, Wales
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Read Construction UK Limited”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£38.7k | −£68.7k | −£357k |
| Profit before tax | £218k | £504k | £698k |
| Profit after tax | £178k | £524k | £411k |
| Profit (best available) | £178k | £524k | £411k |
| Staff costs | — | £18.2k | £218k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £44.4k | £131k | £103k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲195.2% | ▼21.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £84.5k | £43.7k | £63.9k |
| Net assets | £2.3k | £271k | £275k |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £219k | £318k | £198k |
| Debtors | £135k | £5.4k | £1.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £103k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £275k
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £63.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Read Construction UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Read Construction Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Read Construction Holdings LimitedRev. £46.1m · Profit £3.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £411k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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