Mulholland Contracts Limited
Registered name: MULHOLLAND CONTRACTS LIMITED
Part of Mulholland Holdings Limited groupMulholland Contracts Limited made £47.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Mulholland Contracts Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £47.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.1m profit and 330 employees. The company is classified under “sewerage”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.2m | £47.4m |
| Cost of sales | £32.8m | £37.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £928k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £928k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £16m | £19.1m |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 330 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £11.7m | £11.8m |
| Net assets | £32.4m | £33.5m |
| Fixed assets | £22.4m | £23.3m |
| Current assets | £20.7m | £22.6m |
| Debtors | £77.2k | £49.8k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £33.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £11.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 330
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £23.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mulholland Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Mulholland Contracts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mulholland Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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