Volumetric Modular Limited
Registered name: VOLUMETRIC MODULAR LIMITED
Part of Hill Holdings Limited groupVolumetric Modular Limited made £19.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Volumetric Modular Limited’s revenue was £19.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.1m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Waltham Abbey; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Abbey, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £9.8m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.4m | −£9.1m | −£17m |
| Gross profit | −£70k | £729k | £3m |
| Operating profit | −£2.5m | −£1.4m | £860k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.5m | −£1.5m | £674k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 87 | 99 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −29% | −11.4% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | −0.8% | 7.4% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £113k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | −£33.7k | −£12.9k | £11.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.2k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hill Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volumetric Modular Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Hill Residential LimitedRev. £596m · Profit £55.1m
- Hill Partnerships LimitedRev. £503m · Profit £11.6m
- Hill Property Investments LimitedRev. £4k · Profit £3k
- Borley Brothers Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hill Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hill Investment Partnerships LimitedFigures not disclosed
- National Pride (ST Ninians) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smithsonhill LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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