Hammer Contracting Limited
Registered name: HAMMER CONTRACTING LIMITED
Hammer Contracting Limited made £1.1m revenue and £234k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Hammer Contracting Limited’s revenue grew 646% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £234k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Morpeth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Morpeth, North East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £142k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £64.2k | £462k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £78k | £599k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£91k | £253k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£91.8k | £250k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£91.8k | £234k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£91.8k | £234k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −64.6% | 22.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 54.9% | 56.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £47.4k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£30.6k | £39.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲645.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲200% | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.4k | £14.9k | £5.3k | £48.6k |
| Net assets | £6.2k | £66.6k | −£25.2k | £179k |
| Fixed assets | £23.8k | £23.8k | £52.6k | £158k |
| Current assets | £22.5k | £115k | £94.7k | £223k |
| Debtors | £0 | £100k | £76.8k | £154k |
| Deferred income | £2.5k | £3.9k | £3.9k | £3.9k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- —
- Now £179k
- Cash at bank
- ▲808%
- Now £48.6k
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £3.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲201%
- Now £158k
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 Aug 2025 (profit £234k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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