Atkinson Building Contractors Limited
Registered name: ATKINSON BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Atkinson Building Contractors Limited made £14m revenue and £297k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Atkinson Building Contractors Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £14m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £297k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Penrith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith, North West
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £18.5m | £20.1m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £16.8m | £18.4m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £532k | £815k | £687k | £355k |
| Profit before tax | £524k | £809k | £690k | £360k |
| Profit after tax | £407k | £616k | £476k | £297k |
| Profit (best available) | £407k | £616k | £476k | £297k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 90 | 92 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £205k | £218k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £6.8k | £5.2k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | 141% | −2.6% | 56.7% | 217.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.4% | ▲8.5% | ▼30.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51.6% | ▼22.8% | ▼37.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲2.2% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £610k | £371k | £894k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £575k | £770k | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £5m | £4.8m | £5.8m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £232k | £181k | £559k | £335k |
| Cash from operations | £750k | −£21.3k | £390k | £773k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 217.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲141%
- Now £894k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £297k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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