SEDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Get an alert when SEDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£6.6m
+13.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27m
+9.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
445
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3m
+31.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £156,976,170 | £137,616,509 | £136,720,592 | -0.7% | |
| Operating profit | £109,318 | £2,160,662 | £3,024,095 | +40% | |
| Profit before tax | £237,068 | £2,308,383 | £3,025,237 | +31.1% | |
| Net profit | £192,012 | £2,111,664 | £2,218,118 | +5% | |
| Cash | £5,548,177 | £5,796,171 | £6,594,450 | +13.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,479,679 | £24,591,343 | £26,809,461 | +9% | |
| Net assets | £22,362,277 | £24,473,941 | £26,692,059 | +9.1% | |
| Equity | £22,362,277 | £24,473,941 | £26,692,059 | +9.1% | |
| Average employees | 448 | 436 | 445 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | £22,336,216 | £22,212,557 | £24,326,673 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £900,966 | £1,110,693 | £1,185,596 | +6.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 1.6% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 8.8% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 55.6% | 55.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.75x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 4.43x | — | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SEDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2000-11-20 → present
- VOM 98108 LIMITED 1998-06-09 → 2000-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of Seddon Group Limited have prepared consolidated forecasts for the period to 31 December 2027 which include forecast results for this Company. After review of the forecasts, significant available group cash resources and consideration of the parental support from the ultimate parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- SEDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- G. & J.Seddon Limited 100%
- J & S Seddon (Building) Limited 100%
- Seddon Engineering Services Limited 100%
- Seddon Housing Partnerships Limited 100%
- Seddon Painting & Maintenance Limited 100%
- Seddon Property Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since 1 January 2024 our operations have traded through 4 new legal entities: Seddon Housing Partnerships Limited; Seddon Property Services Limited; Seddon Engineering Services Limited; and Seddon Painting and Maintenance Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILCOX, Christopher John | Secretary | 2007-06-29 | — | British |
| HICKEY, Liam Neil | Director | 2025-10-08 | Jan 1979 | British |
| HODKINSON, Nicola Jane | Director | 2012-05-14 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MOSS, Robert William | Director | 2019-02-07 | Jan 1970 | British |
| SEDDON, Jonathan Frank | Director | 2007-06-29 | Jun 1972 | British |
| SHANNON, John Michael | Director | 2019-02-07 | Oct 1961 | British |
| WADDINGTON, Keith | Director | 2007-06-29 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WALKER, Mark Andrew | Director | 2026-01-08 | Feb 1986 | British |
| WILCOX, Christopher John | Director | 2016-06-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISHERWOOD, Stephen John | Secretary | 1998-06-09 | 1999-03-16 |
| JACKSON, Peter James Francis | Secretary | 2009-07-24 | 2009-09-24 |
| SLACK, Michael Stephen | Secretary | 1999-03-16 | 2007-06-29 |
| BURNS, Eamonn Joseph | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2018-01-31 |
| DAVIES, Stephen Charles | Director | 2015-04-17 | 2017-01-27 |
| GRAHAM, Colin William Edward | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2013-10-31 |
| HORSFIELD, Simon Philip | Director | 1998-06-09 | 1999-03-16 |
| ISHERWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 1998-06-09 | 1999-03-16 |
| JACKSON, Peter James Francis | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2025-12-12 |
| MCGILLIVARY, Ian Alan William | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2019-02-07 |
| NIXON, Alan | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2011-05-05 |
| SCOTT, Ian Bruce | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2019-05-16 |
| SEDDON, Christopher John | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2015-08-01 |
| SEDDON, Christopher John | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2007-06-29 |
| SEDDON, John Stuart | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2013-08-23 |
| SLACK, Michael Stephen | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2007-09-21 |
| WILDE, Carl Geoffrey | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2015-12-31 |
| WILKINSON, Laurence | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Duncan Richard | Director | 2015-04-17 | 2022-12-16 |
| WOOTTON, Edward Charles | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| JOHN HOWARD SHAW | Corporate Director | 2010-04-26 | 2017-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seddon Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.