Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd.
Registered name: DANNY SULLIVAN & SONS LTD.
Part of Danny Sullivan Group Limited groupDanny Sullivan & Sons Ltd. made £241m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd.’s revenue was £241m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.7m profit and 1,555 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £144m | £241m |
| Cost of sales | £127m | £226m |
| Gross profit | £16.4m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £11.4m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £11.4m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £9.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.2m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £94.9m | £154m |
| Employees (average) | 1,438 | 1,555 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £100k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | 93.1% | 375.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £10.1m | £13.8m |
| Net assets | £25.8m | £22.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £35.4m | £50.8m |
| Debtors | £23.1m | £18.7m |
| Cash from operations | £10.6m | £12.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 375.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- —
- Now £22.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £13.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1,555
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Danny Sullivan Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Diamond Construction & Engineering Recruitment LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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