Borough Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: BOROUGH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Pollitt Holdings Limited groupBorough Engineering Services Limited made £93.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Borough Engineering Services Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £93.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £112m | £93.7m |
| Cost of sales | £106m | £86.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | £63.5k | £28.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.7m | £11.7m |
| Net assets | £12.5m | £13.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £4m |
| Current assets | £49.1m | £39.8m |
| Debtors | £17.8m | £9.9m |
| Deferred income | £18.3m | £14.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £13.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £11.7m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £14.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £4m
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
- Pollitt Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Borough Engineering Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Throgmorton Mechanical & Electrical Services LimitedLiquidationRev. £10.7m · Profit −£1.1m
- Omni Air LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pollitt Developments Holdings LimitedFigures 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 £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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