Daniel Charles Construction Limited
Registered name: DANIEL CHARLES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Daniel Charles Group Eot Trustees Limited groupDaniel Charles Construction Limited made £23.2m revenue and £598k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Daniel Charles Construction Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £23.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £598k profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £27.2m | £26.8m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £22.6m | £23.8m | £23m | £19.8m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £946k | £1.2m | £682k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £799k | £1.1m | £565k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £614k | £981k | £598k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £614k | £981k | £598k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.9m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 116 | 121 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 2.3% | 3.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 12.6% | 13.9% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £251k | £234k | £221k | £190k |
| Profit per employee | £14.9k | £5.3k | £8.1k | £4.9k |
| Cash conversion | −111.8% | −272.4% | −183.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼1.6% | ▼13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.1% | ▲59.8% | ▼39.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲4.3% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4m | £3.6m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £4.3m | £3.1m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £229k | £883k | £590k | £287k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£2.6m | −£2.2m | — |
| 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
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £190k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £287k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £3.2m
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
- Daniel Charles Group Eot Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Daniel Charles Group Limited75–100%
- Daniel Charles Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Daniel Charles Aggregates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Daniel Charles Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Daniel Charles Surveys LimitedFigures 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 £598k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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