LMD Vacuum Excavation Limited
Registered name: LMD VACUUM EXCAVATION LIMITED
Part of LMD Vacuum Excavation Group Limited groupLMD Vacuum Excavation Limited made £7.1m revenue and £908k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
LMD Vacuum Excavation Limited’s revenue was £7.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £908k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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. From the filing: “The directors consider LMD Vacuum Excavation Group Limited to be the ultimate parent company of the group. The company is incorporated in England & Wales and it's registered office is 91-97 Saltergate”
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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.2m | £7.8m | £4.4m | £7.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £5.8m | −£3m | −£4.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2m | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £699k | £392k | £594k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £302k | −£252k | £97.8k | £908k |
| Profit after tax | £462k | −£118k | £97.8k | £908k |
| Profit (best available) | £462k | −£118k | £97.8k | £908k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 54 | 51 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | −1.5% | 2.2% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 25.6% | 31% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £145k | £86.6k | £172k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£2.2k | £1.9k | £22.1k |
| Cash conversion | 174.1% | 621.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼125.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £53.2k | £12.3k | — | — |
| Net assets | £660k | £462k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £8.3m | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £129k | £114k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LMD Vacuum Excavation Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- LMD Vacuum Excavation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Exvac Equipment Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £908k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026