Livingston Building Services Limited
Registered name: LIVINGSTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP groupLivingston Building Services Limited made £55.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Livingston Building Services Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £55.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.2m profit and 241 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Livingston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Livingston
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.1m | £70.7m | £55.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£42.3m | −£55m | −£42.8m |
| Gross profit | £11.7m | £15.7m | £12.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £6m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £6m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £4.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £4.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 190 | 235 | 241 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 6.2% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 22.2% | 22.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £285k | £301k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £18.6k | £9.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.7% | ▼21.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.1% | ▼48.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.7% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 241
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Shepherd & Wedderburn (Nominees) Limited75–100%
- Shepherd & Wedderburn (Trustees) Limited50–75%
- Morris & Spottiswood Group Limited75–100%
- Morris & Spottiswood Limited75–100%
- Livingston Building Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- J B Engineering LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- CRBN Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crosbie Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inspire Spaces (Ff&e) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lled Construction LtdFigures not disclosed
- Morris & Spottiswood Building Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The McLennan Partnership Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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