Road Maintenance Services (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Road Maintenance Services (Holdings) Limited made £45.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Road Maintenance Services (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £45.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Knutsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knutsford, North West
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.4m | £29.6m | £37.3m | £45.2m |
| Cost of sales | £26.5m | £23.5m | £28.3m | £34m |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £6.1m | £9m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £1.6m | £3.9m | £6.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £1.9m | £4.3m | £7m |
| Profit after tax | £234k | £1.6m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £234k | £1.6m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £8.5m | £9.2m | £9.4m |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 127 | 135 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 20.7% | 24.2% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £230k | £233k | £277k | £337k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £12.3k | £7.7k | £9.5k |
| Cash conversion | 77.6% | 179% | 70.9% | 134.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▲26.1% | ▲21% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲566.5% | ▼32.8% | ▲22.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▲6.3% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.7m | £10.5m | £13.9m | £9.1m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £9.4m | £8.7m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.4m | £9.5m | £10.2m | £10m |
| Current assets | £12m | £12m | £14m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.3m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £10.3k | £61.4k | £10k | £10.8k |
| Cash from operations | £3.7m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £8.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 134.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £9.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £10.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £10m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Road Maintenance Services LimitedRev. £42.2m · Profit £2.9m
- Road Maintenance Services (Preservations) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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