WILLS BROS CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
+356% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.7m
+23.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
154
+19.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£978k
+30% 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 | £33,972,991 | £46,619,698 | £68,719,088 | +47.4% | |
| Operating profit | £656,307 | £996,696 | £1,007,373 | +1.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £397,043 | £751,721 | £977,583 | +30% | |
| Net profit | £521,681 | £849,829 | £1,084,754 | +27.6% | |
| Cash | £911,745 | £3,496,294 | £15,943,263 | +356% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,472,259 | £5,785,184 | £7,190,056 | +24.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,716,119 | £4,565,948 | £5,650,702 | +23.8% | |
| Equity | £3,716,119 | £4,565,948 | £5,650,702 | +23.8% | |
| Average employees | 121 | 129 | 154 | +19.4% | |
| Wages | £5,833,126 | £6,240,037 | £6,575,980 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £301,713 | £313,050 | £343,471 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £28,360 | £63,524 | £81,119 | +27.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £193,500 | £235,200 | +21.6% |
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 | 1.9% | 2.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 17.2% | 14.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.1% | 84.6% | 86.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.13x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 2.53x | 4.07x | 5.20x |
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
- WILLS BROS CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED 2010-06-08 → present
- WILLS BROS CIVIL ENGINEERS LIMITED 2010-05-13 → 2010-06-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gilroy Gannon
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Financial Statements are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- WILLS BROS CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Wills Bros John Paul JV Limited 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLS, James | Secretary | 2010-05-14 | — | — |
| CURRAN, Gary | Director | 2015-12-03 | May 1970 | British |
| WILLS, Charles | Director | 2010-05-14 | Nov 1947 | Irish |
| WILLS, James | Director | 2010-05-14 | Apr 1950 | Irish |
| WILLS, Jonathan | Director | 2014-10-01 | Feb 1980 | Irish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POREMA LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-13 | 2010-05-14 |
| KAVANAGH, Sean | Director | 2010-05-13 | 2010-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Bros Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.