Livesey Contracting & Maintenance Limited
Registered name: LIVESEY CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE LIMITED
Livesey Contracting & Maintenance Limited made £22m revenue and £778k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Livesey Contracting & Maintenance Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £22m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £778k profit and 118 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £19.1m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | £14.9m | £15m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £602k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £591k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £686k | £680k | £778k |
| Profit (best available) | £686k | £680k | £778k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.3m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 118 | 118 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 21.7% | 22.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £203k | £162k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £7.5k | £5.8k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | −74.9% | −119.6% | −143.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲14.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £198k | £277k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £4.6m | £7m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£451k | −£1.3m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −143.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲314%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 118
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £778k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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