Montel Civil Engineering Limited
Registered name: MONTEL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Montel Civil Engineering Limited made £43.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Montel Civil Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 70% to £43.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.1m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Worcester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.2m | £25.6m | £43.6m |
| Cost of sales | £29.2m | £24m | £39.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £1.6m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | −£856k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | −£727k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | −£596k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | −£596k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 61 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −2.3% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 6.3% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £563k | £420k | £779k |
| Profit per employee | £25.3k | −£9.8k | £19.8k |
| Cash conversion | −162.8% | — | 222.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.8% | ▲70.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼139.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £3.7m | £6.6m |
| Net assets | £5m | £3.9m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £238k | £325k | £595k |
| Current assets | £13.7m | £10.3m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £1.7m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £4m | £2.1m | £8.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£3m | £421k | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £779k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 222.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲76%
- Now £6.6m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲298%
- Now £8.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £595k
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 May 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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