Suttle Projects Limited
Registered name: SUTTLE PROJECTS LIMITED
Suttle Projects Limited made £10.5m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Suttle Projects Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £113k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Poole; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 17 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £9.1m | £11.3m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £8m | £9.4m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £310k | £106k | £782k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | £213k | £44.3k | £595k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | £213k | £44.3k | £595k | £113k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 56 | 61 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 0.5% | 5.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.7% | 16.4% | 12.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £163k | £185k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £792 | £9.8k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲23.6% | ▼7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.2% | ▲1241% | ▼81% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▲8.9% | ▲8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £553k | £321k | £682k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £5m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£718k | £770k | £659k | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £682k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲93%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- J. Suttle Transport Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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