MDS Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: MDS CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of CPP Civil Engineering Limited groupMDS Civil Engineering Limited made £31.8m revenue and £310k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
MDS Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £31.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £310k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Halstead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halstead, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.8m | £31.8m |
| Cost of sales | £25.9m | £29.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £611k |
| Profit before tax | £960k | £434k |
| Profit after tax | £708k | £310k |
| Profit (best available) | £708k | £310k |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £237k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £545k | £707k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £14.8k | £18.4k |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £8.4m | £7.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £237k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £707k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £18.4k
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
- CPP Civil Engineering Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CPP Enterprises Limited75–100%
- CPP Plant Limited75–100%
- MDS Enterprises Limited75–100%
- MDS Civil Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £310k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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