The Construction Skills People Ltd
Registered name: THE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS PEOPLE LTD
Part of The Skills People Group Limited groupThe Construction Skills People Ltd made £18.9m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
The Construction Skills People Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £18.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.5m profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £16.6m | £15.2m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £5m | £4.5m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £11.7m | £10.7m | £13.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £3.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £4m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 107 | 125 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.5% | 19.6% | 8.4% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 70.2% | 70.6% | 69.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £333k | £156k | £121k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £48.3k | £30.5k | £10.2k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▼8.8% | ▲24.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.8% | ▼60.9% | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲154.8% | ▲16.8% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £7.2m | £6.6m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £7.7m | £6.6m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.3m | £747k | £590k |
| Deferred income | £437k | £761k | £562k | £736k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £736k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £1.5m
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
- The Skills People Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SP1 Limited75–100%
- The Construction Skills People Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- C & G Assessments and Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C & G Recruitment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C & G Training Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Defence Skills People LtdFigures not disclosed
- Invest in Skills People LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skills People Academies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Logistics Skills People LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Skills People LtdFigures not disclosed
- Utilities Skills People LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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