All About the Buildings Limited
Registered name: ALL ABOUT THE BUILDINGS LIMITED
All About the Buildings Limited made £25.6m revenue and a £623k loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
All About the Buildings Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £25.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £623k and 32 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.4m | £37.8m | £31.3m | £25.6m |
| Cost of sales | £35.6m | £36.2m | £30.3m | £24.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1m | £879k |
| Operating profit | £472k | £125k | −£257k | −£505k |
| Profit before tax | £415k | £22k | −£417k | −£623k |
| Profit after tax | £325k | −£2.4k | −£404k | −£623k |
| Profit (best available) | £325k | −£2.4k | −£404k | −£623k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 40 | 39 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0% | −1.3% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 4.9% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £831k | £945k | £803k | £801k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | −£61 | −£10.4k | −£19.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼17.1% | ▼18.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼2.5% | ▼17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £97.3k | £131k | £35.8k | £60.5k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £660k | £603k | £206k |
| Debtors | £0 | £14.5k | £24.2k | £40.9k |
| Deferred income | £59.9k | £10.5k | £29.1k | £83.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £801k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £60.5k
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▲186%
- Now £83.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Aab Cars LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sparshatts Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£434k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£623k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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