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Company No. 08732701 · Incorporated 15 Oct 2013

Applebridge Construction Limited

Registered name: APPLEBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

Part of Dhic Ltd group

Applebridge Construction Limited made £82.9m revenue and £5.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.

Applebridge Construction Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £82.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £5.4m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Middlesbrough, North East
Age
12 yrs · since 2013
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£82.9m
Growth ▲32.7%
Profit
£5.4m
Growth ▲22.9%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 14.8%
Employees
122
Change ▼27.4%
Profit / employee
£44.3k
Revenue/employee £680k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202330 Apr 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£62.5m£82.9m
Cost of sales£52.2m£70.6m
Gross profit£10.3m£12.3m
Operating profit£5.6m£7.2m
Profit before tax£5.4m£7.2m
Profit after tax£4.4m£5.4m
Profit (best available)£4.4m£5.4m
Staff costs£2.7m£2.9m
Employees (average)168122
Ratios
Profit margin7%6.5%
Gross margin16.5%14.8%
Revenue per employee£372k£680k
Profit per employee£26.2k£44.3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲32.7%
Profit growth—▲22.9%
Headcount growth—▼27.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.6m£10.5m
Net assets£10.8m£14.8m
Fixed assets£6.9m£8m
Current assets£19m£30.4m
Debtors£1.1m£1.8m
Deferred income£2m£5.7m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
14.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£680k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£44.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲37%
Now £14.8m
Cash at bank
▲58%
Now £10.5m
Headcount
▼27%
Now 122
Deferred income
▲183%
Now £5.7m
Fixed assets
▲15%
Now £8m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Dhic Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Applebridge Family Limited75–100%
  3. Applebridge Construction Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (11)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £5.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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