Quinn Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: QUINN CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Quinn Civil Engineering Limited made £19m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Quinn Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £19m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £378k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.6m | £20m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £15.3m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3m | £571k |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.9m | £525k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.1m | £378k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.1m | £378k |
| Staff costs | £763k | £620k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 10.7% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 23.2% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £170k | £142k | £22.3k |
| Cash conversion | 76.6% | 92% | −131.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.9% | ▼82.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £3.4m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.9m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £377k | £358k | £427k |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £6.9m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £8k | £8.8k | £24.2k |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | £2.7m | −£750k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▲176%
- Now £24.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £427k
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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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