Westbourne Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: WESTBOURNE CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Westbourne Civil Engineering Limited made £41.7m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Westbourne Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £41.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £53.7m | £44.2m | £39m | £41.7m |
| Cost of sales | £45.9m | £37.1m | £31.9m | £34.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £7.1m | £7m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £5.1m | £4.7m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 79 | 61 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.5% | 16% | 18.1% | 16.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £559k | £639k | £732k |
| Profit per employee | £28.3k | £26.2k | £32.6k | £42.5k |
| Cash conversion | −76.8% | −153.6% | −101.6% | −159.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▼11.8% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▼4.1% | ▲21.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▼22.8% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £5.3m | £4.4m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £9.7m | £10.8m | £12.8m | £11.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £10.2m | £12.2m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £289k | £204k | £277k | £427k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£4.2m | −£2.7m | −£4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £732k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −159.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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 £11.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £427k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £5.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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