SSC Contractors Limited
Registered name: SSC CONTRACTORS LIMITED
SSC Contractors Limited made £32.8m revenue and £193k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024. read from filing text
SSC Contractors Limited’s revenue grew 56% to £32.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £193k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Horsham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £21m | £32.8m |
| Cost of sales | £19.3m | £20m | £31.5m |
| Gross profit | £989k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £230k |
| Profit before tax | −£131k | £49.4k | £230k |
| Profit after tax | −£131k | £49.4k | £193k |
| Profit (best available) | −£131k | £49.4k | £193k |
| Staff costs | £231k | £260k | £635k |
| Employees (average) | — | 8 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.2k | £19.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 674.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲56.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲290.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £3.6k | £53k | £246k |
| Debtors | £11m | £10.5m | £14.9m |
| Deferred income | £892k | £705k | £260k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £142k | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 674.2%
- 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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 45.5%
- 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
- ▲364%
- Now £246k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼63%
- Now £260k
- 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £193k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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