Jennings Building & Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: JENNINGS BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Jennings Building & Civil Engineering Limited made £11m revenue and £278k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Jennings Building & Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £11m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £278k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Colwyn Bay; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colwyn Bay, Wales
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party of Jennings Building & Civil Engineering Limited is Mr Dewi Jones by virtue of his majority shareholding.”
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) | £11.4m | £12.7m | £15.3m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £10m | £12m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.7k | £893k | £1.5m | £532k |
| Profit before tax | £34.1k | £929k | £1.5m | £460k |
| Profit after tax | £34k | £646k | £1.2m | £278k |
| Profit (best available) | £34k | £646k | £1.2m | £278k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 78 | 81 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 5.1% | 7.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £144k | £163k | £189k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £430 | £8.3k | £14.3k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | −15340% | −71.7% | −119.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲20.3% | ▼28.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1800% | ▲79.5% | ▼76% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲3.9% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £6.9m | £8m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.1m | £7.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£407k | −£640k | −£1.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £278k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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