Champion Groundworks Limited
Registered name: CHAMPION GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
Part of Champion Groundworks & Construction Ltd groupChampion Groundworks Limited made £81.7m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Champion Groundworks Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £81.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £6m profit and 358 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Liskeard; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liskeard, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.1m | £78.5m | £81.7m |
| Cost of sales | £64.7m | £70.3m | £74.3m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £8.2m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £3m | £421k |
| Profit before tax | £6m | £4.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £1.2m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £1.2m | £6m |
| Staff costs | £15.9m | £17m | £17.5m |
| Employees (average) | 333 | 345 | 358 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 10.4% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £227k | £228k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £3.4k | £16.7k |
| Cash conversion | 58.7% | 111.6% | 1515% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.6% | ▲414.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £362k | £353k | £891k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.1m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £21.4m | £22m | £21.2m |
| Current assets | £381k | £353k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £14.1m | £13m | £13.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.5m | £3.4m | £6.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £228k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1515%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £891k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 358
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £21.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Champion Groundworks & Construction Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Champion Groundworks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Fred Champion Groundworks LimitedRev. £81.1m · Profit −£116k
- Champion Scaffolding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fred Champion Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Champion Training Solutions LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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