WORDSWORTH EXCAVATIONS LIMITED
Company number 04786614 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Wordsworth Excavations has delivered a transformational FY2025, with 69.3% revenue growth and a swing to £4.1M pre-tax profit driven by improved gross margins (31.5%) that significantly exceed sector norms of 18-28%. The business is transitioning from a mid-sized regional subcontractor to a credible regional leader in the Northern earthworks market, with strong customer diversification and strategic investment in both people and plant. However, the lean cash position relative to turnover, elevated liabilities, and the demonstrated cyclicality of the sector (evidenced by the FY2024 loss) temper the otherwise impressive performance, making the directors' focus on debt reduction and margin maintenance well-prioritised for the period ahead.
Shareholders' funds
£9,903,592
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of ground engineering, specialising in demolition, site clearance and preparation for development and excavation.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-06-04
- Employees
- 146 (2025 accounts · was 128 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1 Wordsworth Business Park, Whaley Road Barugh Green, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 1FJ
- Postcode
- S75 1FJ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-04
- Next due by
- 2027-06-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43120 Site preparation
Officers 5 current · 11 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- wordsworthexcavations.co.uk
- Phone
- 01226244478
Since our establishment in 2003, we have specialised in providing bulk earthworks, ground stabilisation, and demolition projects across the UK.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| TOP FLOOR BLOCK 1 NORTON THORPE, IND PARK WAKEFIELD ROAD, SCISSETT HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, HD8 9LA | 2016-06-15 |
| 230 CUMBERWORTH LANE, DENBY DALE, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE HD8 8PR | 2005-02-14 |
| BARCLAYS BANK CHAMBERS, NORTHGATE, CLECKHEATON, WEST YORKSHIRE BD19 5AA | 2003-08-27 |
| WHALLEY ROAD, BARUGH GREEN, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE S75 1HT | 2003-08-04 |
| 230 CUMBERWORTH LANE, DENBY DALE, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE HD8 8PR | 2003-06-26 |
| CROWN HOUSE, 64 WHITCHURCH ROAD, CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN CF14 3LX | 2003-06-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 52 similar companies in S
The largest employer among its local peers (146 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.
No.1 of the largest site preparation companies in Sheffield →
Competitors Sheffield
This company ranks 1 among site preparation in Sheffield.
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,090 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.