Specialist Surfacing Limited
Registered name: SPECIALIST SURFACING LIMITED
Specialist Surfacing Limited made £24.6m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Specialist Surfacing Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £24.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.5m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Scunthorpe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scunthorpe, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “Hunt Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £20.5m | £20.7m | £24.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £16.5m | £16m | £19.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.9m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.5m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 53 | 52 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.6% | 12.2% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.2% | 22.5% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £386k | £398k | £464k |
| Profit per employee | £32.9k | £37.1k | £48.4k | £47k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.2% | ▲18.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲27.9% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼1.9% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.1m | £4.4m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | — | £7.2m | £9.2m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £1.7m | £6.1m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £464k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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