Arrowbuild & Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: ARROWBUILD & CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Arrowcruit Holdings Limited groupArrowbuild & Civil Engineering Limited made £19.3m revenue and £585k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arrowbuild & Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £585k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Billingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Billingham, North East
- Age
- 16 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.9m | £23.8m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.9m | £21.7m | £17m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £630k | £671k | £809k |
| Profit before tax | £586k | £637k | £786k |
| Profit after tax | £477k | £478k | £585k |
| Profit (best available) | £477k | £478k | £585k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 76 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 8.9% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £292k | £313k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £6.3k | £8.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▼19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▲22.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £665k | £229k | £384k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.7m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £212k | £70.4k | £46.9k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £10.3m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.5m | £407k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £384k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £407k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £46.9k
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
- Arrowcruit Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arrowbuild & Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Turbo Tool Hire LimitedRev. £12.7k · Profit £57
- Arrowcruit LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrowflow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrowhaul & Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.o.l.b Developments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Innovate D&B LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Road Surfacing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £585k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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