Advanced Building Contractors Ltd.
Registered name: ADVANCED BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.
Part of Advanced Building Contractors Holdings Ltd groupAdvanced Building Contractors Ltd. made £19.6m revenue and £179k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Advanced Building Contractors Ltd.’s revenue grew 10% to £19.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £179k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.9m | £14.7m | £17.8m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £11.7m | £13.1m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3m | £4.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £890k | £2.1m | £277k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £885k | £2.1m | £264k |
| Profit after tax | £929k | £672k | £1.6m | £179k |
| Profit (best available) | £929k | £672k | £1.6m | £179k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 40 | 57 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 4.6% | 8.8% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 20.4% | 26.3% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £229k | £369k | £312k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £16.8k | £27.6k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | 112.8% | 68.7% | −132.6% | −1361% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.8% | ▲20.8% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.7% | ▲133.9% | ▼88.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.1% | ▲42.5% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £471k | £582k | £638k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.9m | £4.1m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £282k | £257k | £482k | £656k |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.2m | £6.6m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £611k | −£2.8m | −£3.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1361%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼66%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £638k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £656k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Advanced Building Contractors Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Advanced Building Contractors Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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