The Concrete Company (Thorney) Limited
Registered name: THE CONCRETE COMPANY (THORNEY) LIMITED
The Concrete Company (Thorney) Limited made £9.8m revenue and £245k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Concrete Company (Thorney) Limited’s revenue was £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £245k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ready-mixed concrete” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 company is under the control of Mr T E Dighton who owns 51% of the issued shares.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £11.1m | £7.6m | £4.4m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £9.7m | £6.8m | £3.7m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.5m | £808k | £707k | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £801k | £243k | −£370k | £157k | £507k |
| Profit before tax | £788k | £224k | −£395k | £143k | £455k |
| Profit after tax | £652k | £59.6k | −£395k | £206k | £245k |
| Profit (best available) | £652k | £59.6k | −£395k | £206k | £245k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £894k | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 56 | 46 | 40 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 0.5% | −5.2% | 4.7% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 13% | 10.6% | 16.2% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £199k | £165k | £109k | £245k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £1.1k | −£8.6k | £5.1k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | −159% | −263.2% | — | −269.1% | −109.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.1% | ▼31.7% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.8% | ▼762.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼17.9% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £831k | £641k | £685k | £503k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £6m | £5.8m | £5.8m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £911k | £793k | £665k | £995k |
| Deferred income | £49.7k | £78.3k | £17.5k | £13.8k | £15.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£639k | −£149k | −£423k | −£556k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −109.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 66.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £503k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £15.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £245k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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