Volkerwessels Limited
Registered name: VOLKERWESSELS LIMITED
Part of Volkerwessels UK Limited groupVolkerwessels Limited made £1bn revenue and £33.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Volkerwessels Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £33.3m profit and 2,115 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £930m | £947m | £1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£862m | −£880m | −£915m |
| Gross profit | £68.1m | £67.6m | £89.1m |
| Operating profit | £25.8m | £26.5m | £41.1m |
| Profit before tax | £28.4m | £29.7m | £44.4m |
| Profit after tax | £22.3m | £21.9m | £33.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £22.3m | £21.9m | £33.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,968 | 1,948 | 2,115 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 7.1% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £472k | £486k | £475k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £11.2k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲51.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▲8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £475k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 2,115
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volkerwessels UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volkerwessels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- Volkerfitzpatrick LimitedRev. £785m · Profit £23.4m
- P J Davidson (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Terragrisea LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerlaser LtdFigures not disclosed
- Volkerservices LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerwessels Specialist Businesses LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Volkerstevin Holding LimitedRev. £274m · Profit £13.4m
- Volkerrail Group LimitedRev. £234m · Profit £12.4m
- Morgenwonen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerlaser Holdings (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £33.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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