Wearmouth Construction and Plant Limited
Registered name: WEARMOUTH CONSTRUCTION AND PLANT LIMITED
Wearmouth Construction and Plant Limited made £53.1m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Wearmouth Construction and Plant Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £53.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.8m profit and 200 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Yarm Road; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yarm Road, North East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.9m | £42.6m | £40.7m | £53.1m |
| Cost of sales | £35.4m | £38.5m | £37.5m | £45.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.1m | £3.2m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £1.7m | £481k | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £1.7m | £549k | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.8m | £747k | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.8m | £747k | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £9m | £8.9m | £8.7m | £9.4m |
| Employees (average) | 236 | 212 | 188 | 200 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £201k | £217k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £8.6k | £4k | £19.1k |
| Cash conversion | −91.2% | −172.4% | 22.4% | −144.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▼4.4% | ▲30.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼58.8% | ▲411.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▼11.3% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £5.4m | £3.5m | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £9m | £10.5m | £10.9m | £14.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £4m | £3.9m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £13.6m | £14.5m | £14.9m | £18.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £68.2k | £69.5k | £41.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£3m | £108k | −£6.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −144.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £14.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲106%
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 200
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £4.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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