Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham) Limited
Registered name: HILLIARD CIVIL ENGINEERING (NOTTINGHAM) LIMITED
Part of Hilliard Holdings (2025) Limited groupHilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham) Limited made £12.7m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham) Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1m and 7 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Nottingham Business Park; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham Business Park, East Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £693k | £352k |
| Operating profit | £102k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £61k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £39.3k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | £39.3k | −£1m |
| Staff costs | £317k | £250k |
| Employees (average) | — | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −8.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.4% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£147k |
| Cash conversion | −560.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2718% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £569k | £340k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £761k |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £148k | £200k |
| Cash from operations | −£573k | £865k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£147k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▼57%
- Now £761k
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £340k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲35%
- Now £200k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3m
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
- Hilliard Holdings (2025) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham) 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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