O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limited
Registered name: O'HARA BROS. SURFACING LIMITED
Part of O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Holdings Limited groupO'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limited made £42.2m revenue and £7.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £42.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £7.2m profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex, London
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31m | £38m | £42.2m |
| Cost of sales | £25.4m | £29.9m | −£29.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £8m | £12.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £5.3m | £10m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £5.1m | £9.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3.8m | £7.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3.8m | £7.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 26 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 10% | 17.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 21.2% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £911k | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £66.9k | £145k | £259k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.5% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲66.1% | ▲91.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £6.8m | — |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £13.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.6m | — |
| Current assets | £17.7m | £22.7m | — |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £5.5m | — |
| Deferred income | £309k | £588k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £259k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- O'Hara Bros. Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Cappard Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £7.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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