Cinch Contracting Services Ltd
Registered name: CINCH CONTRACTING SERVICES LTD
Cinch Contracting Services Ltd made £49.6m revenue and £22.9k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Cinch Contracting Services Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £49.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £22.9k profit and 248 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.2m | £45.7m | £43.8m | £49.6m |
| Cost of sales | £39.5m | £45m | £43.2m | £48.8m |
| Gross profit | £603k | £642k | £624k | £767k |
| Operating profit | £28.8k | £20.5k | £60.1k | −£13k |
| Profit before tax | £28k | £20.5k | £63.7k | £35.5k |
| Profit after tax | £22.7k | £16.4k | £47.7k | £22.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.7k | £16.4k | £47.7k | £22.9k |
| Staff costs | £39.3m | £44.7m | £42.9m | £48.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | 311 | 272 | 248 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £147k | £161k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | — | £53 | £176 | £92 |
| Cash conversion | −435% | 1047% | 151.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▼4.1% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.9% | ▲191.9% | ▼52.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼12.5% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £552k | £745k | £829k | £874k |
| Net assets | £80.5k | £96.8k | £145k | £167k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £13k | £83.7k | £51.8k | £61.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£125k | £215k | £90.8k | £23.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £92
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £167k
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £874k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 248
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £61.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £22.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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