Complete Moling Services (South East) Limited
Registered name: COMPLETE MOLING SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LIMITED
Part of Complete Moling Services Holdings Limited groupComplete Moling Services (South East) Limited made £21.6m revenue and £286k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Complete Moling Services (South East) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £21.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £286k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “construction of utility projects for fluids” and is based in Rochester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochester, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “Complete Moling Services (South East) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Complete Moling Services Holdings Ltd a company incorporated in England & Wales. The registered office of the Holding company ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £22.6m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £18.1m | £18.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £4.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £776k | £3m | £560k |
| Profit before tax | £639k | £2.8m | £417k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £2.1m | £286k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £2.1m | £286k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.5m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 73 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 9.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 19.9% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £310k | £309k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £28.3k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.4% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲355.1% | ▼86.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £278k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £5.2m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £14.3k | £12.6k | £35k |
| Deferred income | £910k | £549k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £309k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▲109%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Complete Moling Services Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Complete Moling Services (South East) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £286k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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