Maintenance & Contracting Services Ltd
Registered name: MAINTENANCE & CONTRACTING SERVICES LTD
Part of Viss Hill Holdings Limited groupMaintenance & Contracting Services Ltd made £61.1m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Maintenance & Contracting Services Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £61.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.1m profit and 105 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £51.5m | £54.6m | £61.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.2m | £41.1m | £42.7m | £43.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £10.3m | £11.9m | £17.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £3.7m | £2.9m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £3.7m | £2.9m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £4.2m | £6.1m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 57 | 79 | 105 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 6% | 4.2% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 20.1% | 21.8% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £580k | £903k | £691k | £582k |
| Profit per employee | £34.2k | £54.3k | £29k | £38.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲139.9% | ▲6% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲144.7% | ▼26% | ▲78.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54% | ▲38.6% | ▲32.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £920k | £2m | £3m | £7.7m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £926k | £853k | £1m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £11.1m | £16.9m | £19.1m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.4m | £6.2m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £2.5m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £582k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▲62%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲157%
- Now £7.7m
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £4.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲85%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Viss Hill Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vis Group Limited75–100%
- Maintenance & Contracting Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- MCS Integrated Solutions LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £269k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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