Argyle (North West) Construction Ltd.
Registered name: ARGYLE (NORTH WEST) CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Part of Argyle Construction (Holdings) Limited groupArgyle (North West) Construction Ltd. made £22.2m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Argyle (North West) Construction Ltd.’s revenue fell 4% to £22.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.7m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26m | £26.4m | £23.1m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £18.4m | £14.6m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £8m | £8.5m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £6m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £6m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 57 | 71 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.9% | 14.2% | 14.4% | 12.2% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 30.4% | 36.8% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £394k | £463k | £325k | £296k |
| Profit per employee | £74.6k | £65.6k | £46.8k | £36.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼12.5% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.1% | ▼11% | ▼18.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▲24.6% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £4m | £4.4m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £8m | £9.3m | £8m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £913k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £11.3m | £10.5m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £5.3m | £4m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £312k | £319k | £270k | £535k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £296k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.1%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲98%
- Now £535k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Argyle Construction (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Argyle (North West) Construction Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lornford Construction LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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