Tru Earthworks Ltd
Registered name: TRU EARTHWORKS LTD
Part of Brightwell Capital Limited groupTru Earthworks Ltd made £6.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Tru Earthworks Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.6m | −£4.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £911k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £911k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £905k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £905k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 16.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £851k |
| Profit per employee | £129k | £140k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £851k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £140k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brightwell Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brightwell Property Limited75–100%
- TRU7 Group Limited75–100%
- Tru Earthworks Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Tru Demolition LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £987k
- Bag Agg LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C D C Environmental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nicholls LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tru Henham Quarry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tru Mix LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TRU7 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 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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