Bowercross Construction Ltd.
Registered name: BOWERCROSS CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Bowercross Construction Ltd. made £3.9m revenue and a £267k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bowercross Construction Ltd.’s revenue fell 64% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £267k and 14 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Hamilton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hamilton, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £10.8m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £9.9m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £836k | £331k |
| Operating profit | £462k | −£47.9k | −£488k |
| Profit before tax | £333k | £119k | −£363k |
| Profit after tax | £304k | £192k | −£267k |
| Profit (best available) | £304k | £192k | −£267k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.2m | £716k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 30 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1.8% | −6.8% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 7.8% | 8.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £390k | £359k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £6.4k | −£19.1k |
| Cash conversion | 46% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.3% | ▼63.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.9% | ▼238.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▼53.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £4.3m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £7.4m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £5.1m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £397k | £465k | £616k |
| Deferred income | £274k | £98.7k | £178k |
| Cash from operations | £213k | £1m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 68.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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 £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼53%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲81%
- Now £178k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.7m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£267k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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