Benchmark Scaffolding Ltd
Registered name: BENCHMARK SCAFFOLDING LTD
Part of Benchmark Investments Ltd groupBenchmark Scaffolding Ltd made £17.4m revenue and £264k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Benchmark Scaffolding Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £17.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £264k profit and 164 employees. The company is classified under “scaffold erection” and is based in Hanwell; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hanwell, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | −£121k | £677k |
| Profit before tax | −£105k | £665k |
| Profit after tax | £22.2k | £264k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.2k | £264k |
| Staff costs | £8.6m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 164 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £93k | £106k |
| Profit per employee | £126 | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −278.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1086% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £249k | £330k |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £9.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £5.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £106k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −278.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 33.2%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £9.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £330k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £5.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Benchmark Investments Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Benchmark Scaffolding Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Dark Light Investments LtdRev. — · Profit £58k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £264k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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