Tough Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: TOUGH CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Tough Construction Eot Limited groupTough Civil Engineering Limited made £61.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Tough Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue was £61.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.1m profit and 454 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £67.8m | £70.7m | £61.8m | £61.5m |
| Cost of sales | £60.2m | £65.6m | £57.1m | £56.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £5.1m | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £1.7m | £1m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £1.6m | £970k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £1.3m | £679k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £1.3m | £679k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 494 | 513 | 458 | 454 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £138k | £135k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £2.5k | £1.5k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼12.7% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.6% | ▼46.3% | ▲54.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▼10.7% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £45 | £3 | £17 | £50 |
| Net assets | £418k | £415k | £411k | £409k |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £754k | £754k | £754k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £409k
- Cash at bank
- ▲194%
- Now £50
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 454
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £754k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tough Construction Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tough Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tough Construction LimitedRev. £61.5m · Profit £1.1m
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 Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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