VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED
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Cash
£110m
-6.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£44m
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,141
+11.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£31m
+60.4% 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 | £678,638,000 | £729,528,000 | £785,260,000 | +7.6% | |
| Operating profit | £15,386,000 | £15,159,000 | £27,081,000 | +78.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,913,000 | £19,524,000 | £31,318,000 | +60.4% | |
| Net profit | £14,430,000 | £14,634,000 | £23,392,000 | +59.8% | |
| Cash | £102,735,000 | £116,867,000 | £109,646,000 | -6.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,606,000 | £48,138,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £43,329,000 | £43,321,000 | £44,375,000 | +2.4% | |
| Equity | £43,329,000 | £43,321,000 | £44,375,000 | +2.4% | |
| Average employees | 931 | 1,020 | 1,141 | +11.9% | |
| Wages | £67,117,000 | £76,939,000 | £85,578,000 | +11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £762,000 | £1,583,000 | £1,508,000 | -4.7% |
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 | 2.3% | 2.1% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.0% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.0% | 31.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.9% | 81.4% | 81.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.17x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 34.37x | 52.89x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED 2009-02-27 → present
- FITZPATRICK CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1990-03-01 → 2009-02-27
- CAXTONHURST LIMITED 1989-05-22 → 1990-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED · parent
- VolkerFitzpatrick Overseas Limited 100%
- VolkerFitzpatrick Falklands Limited 99%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYNE, Joanna Clare | Director | 2023-07-04 | Nov 1972 | British |
| HARRIS, Anita Suzanne | Director | 2022-08-25 | Oct 1975 | British |
| HINDES, James Richard | Director | 2023-07-04 | Nov 1971 | British |
| OFFORD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2008-06-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| SUCKLING, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-03-28 | Mar 1972 | British |
| WOODS, Matthew Gordon | Director | 2007-01-01 | May 1965 | British |
| VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-05-18 | — | — |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLER, Derek | Secretary | — | 2001-02-26 |
| WEST, Alison Taylor | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2014-07-31 |
| CONNELL, Naomi Anne | Director | 2010-01-11 | 2023-07-16 |
| COX, John Anthony | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-08-25 |
| DAVIES, John Charles | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| DE JONG, Andries Johannes | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2008-12-31 |
| ELDERS, James | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| FAKE, Nigel Anthony | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, Brian Joseph | Director | 1995-01-09 | 1995-06-30 |
| FITZPATRICK, Patrick Alan | Director | — | 2004-05-17 |
| FITZPATRICK, Penelope Helene May | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2004-05-17 |
| FITZPATRICK, Steven John | Director | — | 1991-06-14 |
| GATES, Neil Martin | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2002-09-20 |
| GRIFFIN, David John | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2024-04-05 |
| HUMPHREY, Ceri Suzanne | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-11-15 |
| JANSSEN, Henk Hendrik Wille Renier August Maria | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2009-05-18 |
| MURPHY, David Finbarr | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2010-05-04 |
| NEVILLE, Richard Ernest | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| NIEHORSTER, Jeffrey Paul | Director | — | 2010-05-04 |
| REYNOLDS, Robert John Walter | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2007-03-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| SUCKLING, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2010-07-23 | 2019-02-01 |
| TAYLOR, Kevin Robert | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2000-12-11 |
| VERWEIJ, Leon Antonius Maria | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2009-05-18 |
| WALLER, Derek | Director | — | 2010-05-04 |
| PEARLPIECE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-05-17 | 2009-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkerwessels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.