Ken Biggs Contractors Limited
Registered name: KEN BIGGS CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Ken Biggs Contractors Limited made £28m revenue and £677k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Ken Biggs Contractors Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £28m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £677k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £23.3m | £28.2m | £23.7m | £28m |
| Cost of sales | £21.7m | £26.5m | £21.7m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £71.5k | £132k | £239k | £711k |
| Profit before tax | £73.2k | £160k | £370k | £909k |
| Profit after tax | £65.2k | £135k | £270k | £677k |
| Profit (best available) | £65.2k | £135k | £270k | £677k |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.1m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 112 | 108 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £214k | £252k | £219k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £598 | £1.2k | £2.5k | £6.8k |
| Cash conversion | 1593% | −1338% | 315% | −126% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▼16.2% | ▲18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲106.8% | ▲100.1% | ▲151.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼3.6% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £4.9m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £12.5m | £12.7m | £12.9m | £13.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £13m | £13.4m | £13.7m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £532k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | −£1.8m | £753k | −£895k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −126%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £3.9m
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 £677k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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