NWM Contracting Ltd
Registered name: NWM CONTRACTING LTD
NWM Contracting Ltd made £46.6m revenue and £57.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
NWM Contracting Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £46.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £57.8k profit and 800 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £31.3m | £46.2m | £46.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £30.7m | £45.3m | £45.7m |
| Gross profit | £354k | £574k | £923k | £892k |
| Operating profit | £31.7k | £23.3k | £197k | £81.4k |
| Profit before tax | £31.7k | £23.3k | £197k | £81.4k |
| Profit after tax | £31.7k | £16.7k | £150k | £57.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.7k | £16.7k | £150k | £57.8k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £10.5m | £17.4m | £45.5m |
| Employees (average) | 192 | 632 | 867 | 800 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 2.6% | 1.8% | 2% | 1.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.7k | £49.4k | £53.3k | £58.3k |
| Profit per employee | £165 | £26 | £173 | £72 |
| Cash conversion | −1370% | 267.4% | 57.3% | 270.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲130.2% | ▲47.8% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.3% | ▲797.8% | ▼61.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲229.2% | ▲37.2% | ▼7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £45.6k | £103k | £118k | £183k |
| Net assets | £41.8k | £58.5k | £117k | £24.3k |
| Current assets | £837k | £2m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £205k | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £25.3k | £45.7k | £60.4k | £73.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£434k | £62.3k | £113k | £220k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 270.5%
- 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
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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
- ▼79%
- Now £24.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £183k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 800
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £73.9k
- 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 Mar 2025 (profit £57.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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