Gordon Mitchell (Contractors) Limited
Registered name: GORDON MITCHELL (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
Gordon Mitchell (Contractors) Limited made £10.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Gordon Mitchell (Contractors) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £10.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.1m profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 29 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £10.6m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £8.6m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £2m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £918k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £917k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £801k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £801k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 33 | 33 | 40 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 7.5% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 19.1% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £266k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £20k | £27.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▲39.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | — | ▲21.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £191k | £215k | £215k | £336k | £327k |
| Net assets | £643k | £817k | £817k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £778k | £822k | £822k | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £2m | £2m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £2.1m | £795k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £327k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £1.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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