Ser Contractor Ltd
Registered name: SER CONTRACTOR LTD
Part of Ser Holdings Ltd groupSer Contractor Ltd made £21.3m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ser Contractor Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Epping; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Epping, East of England
- Age
- 15 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.3m | £27.7m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £22.2m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £5.6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £389k | £461k | £672k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 5.8% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 25% | 20.1% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.6m | £2.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £278k | £145k | £135k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▼23.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.2% | ▲9.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.3m | £886k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £892k | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £597k | £763k | £667k |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £9.1m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £551k | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £258k | £105k | £216k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £135k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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
- ▲196%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼62%
- Now £886k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲106%
- Now £216k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £667k
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
- Ser Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ser Contractor Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Ser Homes LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ser Real Estate LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ser Windows & Doors LtdFigures 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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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