A C Whyte & Co Limited
Registered name: A C WHYTE & CO LIMITED
A C Whyte & Co Limited made £18.9m revenue and £198k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
A C Whyte & Co Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £18.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £198k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1973
- 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 | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £21.1m | £18m | £16.8m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £17.5m | £16.7m | £14.4m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.6m | £1.4m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | −£128k | £262k | −£678k | £123k | £365k |
| Profit before tax | −£188k | £182k | −£762k | £85k | £302k |
| Profit after tax | £141k | £219k | −£524k | £52k | £198k |
| Profit (best available) | £141k | £219k | −£524k | £52k | £198k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.8m | £4.7m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 119 | 111 | 92 | 104 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 1% | −2.9% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 17.2% | 7.7% | 14.3% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £177k | £163k | £183k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £1.8k | −£4.7k | £565 | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −232.3% | — | 286.3% | −535% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▼14.5% | ▼6.6% | ▲12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲55.9% | ▼338.9% | — | ▲281.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼6.7% | ▼17.1% | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £987k | £1.4m | £221k | £177k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £4.3m | £5.4m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | £297k | −£609k | £1.3m | £353k | −£2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −535%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲811%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £1.1m
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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £198k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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