Amey Highways Limited
Registered name: AMEY HIGHWAYS LIMITED
Part of Project Ardent Bidco Limited groupAmey Highways Limited made £251m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Amey Highways Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £251m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.3m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Amey Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £193m | £251m |
| Cost of sales | −£179m | −£231m |
| Gross profit | £13.9m | £19.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.7m | £8m |
| Net assets | £16.4m | £20.7m |
| Fixed assets | £130k | £226k |
| Current assets | £46.8m | £78.6m |
| Debtors | £209k | £143k |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £4.3m |
| Source | Full accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Full accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £20.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲178%
- Now £4.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲74%
- Now £226k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Ardent Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Amey UK Limited75–100%
- Amey Holdings Limited75–100%
- Amey Limited75–100%
- Amey Highways Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- Amey Services LimitedRev. £567m · Profit £9.5m
- Amey Community LimitedRev. £434m · Profit £16.1m
- Amey Rail LimitedRev. £230m · Profit £21.4m
- Amey LG LimitedRev. £165m · Profit −£7.2m
- Amey Group Services LimitedRev. £76.3m · Profit £2.8m
- Amey Fleet Services LimitedRev. £61.4m · Profit £7.5m
- Amey Group Information Services LimitedRev. £30.2m · Profit £3.2m
- Amey Construction LimitedRev. £9.3m · Profit −£675k
- Amey Finance Services LimitedRev. £5.3m · Profit £1.8m
- Amey Investments LimitedRev. £109k · Profit £235k
- Sherard Secretariat Services LimitedRev. £15k · Profit £11k
- Amey Lul 2 LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Amey Ow Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Amey Rail Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Amey Ventures LimitedRev. — · Profit −£140k
- Enterprise LimitedRev. — · Profit £34.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from Full accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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