Owen Contractors Holdings Limited
Registered name: OWEN CONTRACTORS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Owen Contractors Holdings Limited made £19.4m revenue and £516k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Owen Contractors Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £516k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Hailsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hailsham, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 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) | £22.2m | £22.4m | £17.7m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £20.3m | £20.1m | £16.1m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.2m | £46.9k | £692k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.2m | £62.8k | £691k |
| Profit after tax | £809k | £910k | −£123k | £516k |
| Profit (best available) | £809k | £910k | −£123k | £516k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 4.1% | −0.7% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 9.9% | 9.2% | 7.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.2m | £986k | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £42.6k | £50.6k | −£6.8k | £34.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼20.7% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼113.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.6m | £428k | £685k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £777k | £798k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £6.8k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £685k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Owen Contractors LimitedRev. £19.4m · Profit £340k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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