Sterling UK Construction Ltd
Registered name: STERLING UK CONSTRUCTION LTD
Sterling UK Construction Ltd made £22.5m revenue and £103k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Sterling UK Construction Ltd’s revenue was £22.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £103k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Cross Hands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cross Hands, Wales
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £22.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £18.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £413k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £293k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £103k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £103k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 39 | 55 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £352k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲41% | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £376k | £207k | £195k | £78.1k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £285k | £229k | £408k | £912k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.8m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £114k | £575k | £871k | £484k |
| Deferred income | £16.3k | £22.8k | £27.4k | £10k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £78.1k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £10k
- Fixed assets
- ▲124%
- Now £912k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £103k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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