CONTRACTA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£67M
-2.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+9.3% vs 2023
Employees
686
-38.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£33M
+7.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,087,053 | £67,916,855 | |
| Operating profit | £28,510,111 | £30,526,797 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,058,491 | £33,457,459 | |
| Net profit | £23,501,707 | £25,134,435 | |
| Cash | £69,165,877 | £67,452,767 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,620,546 | £32,778,421 | |
| Net assets | £11,262,015 | £12,309,954 | |
| Equity | £11,262,015 | £12,309,954 | |
| Average employees | 1,121 | 686 | |
| Wages | £5,645,696 | £4,494,954 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 44.9% | |
| Net margin | 26.4% | 37.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 84.8% | 93.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.4% | 86.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 1838.53x | 2981.13x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole 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
- CONTRACTA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED · parent
- Contracta Construzioni Italia S.R.L. 100%
Significant events
- “The Ghanaian economy continues to face significant challenges, marked by persistent inflation and ongoing currency devaluation, negatively impacting the economy which eventually has impacted the operations of business across the country, including Contracta Construction UK Limited.”
- “Ghana is currently under a new administration, which officially took office on January 7, 2025. The newly appointed Minister of Finance has announced that the government will conduct audits and evaluations to ensure value for money in all contracts and payments made by the previous administration, including those involving our company. This may result in delays or renegotiation of amounts due.”
- “The total value of the claims affected amounts to GBP 62,393,219 (equivalent to EUR 75,480,339 in the contract currency). At present, the company has no reasonable expectation as to when or if these amounts will be approved or paid. These balances will only be reinstated in the Balance Sheet once there is sufficient certainty regarding their recovery.”
- “The war between Russia and Ukraine increases the risks of financial stability in the euro area leading to higher energy and commodity prices affecting the inflation rate. This uncertainty with a higher inflation rate can also affect monetary policy in the European area, including a higher interest rate to control inflation, which would probably weaken the level of GDP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEDRA COSEC (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-01-19 | — | — |
| CAMARA, Fabio Henrique | Director | 2016-09-20 | Jan 1968 | Brazilian |
| RAPUANO, Francisco Lourenco | Director | 2016-09-20 | Apr 1949 | Brazilian |
| RAPUANO, Marcel Lourenco | Director | 2023-07-31 | Aug 1985 | Italian |
| SACCO CAMARA, Fabiana | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jan 1994 | Portuguese |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERTRUST (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-09-20 | 2017-01-25 |
| DIAS BERGAMASCO, Gustavo | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2023-07-31 |
| SACCO, Elio | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2019-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Elio Sacco | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-20 | Ceased 2019-03-25 |
| Mr Francisco Lourenco Rapuano | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-20 | Active |
| Mr Fabio Henrique Camara | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-01-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-23.8%
£89,087,053 £67,916,855
-
Cash
-2.5%
£69,165,877 £67,452,767
-
Net assets
+9.3%
£11,262,015 £12,309,954
-
Employees
-38.8%
1,121 686
-
Operating profit
+7.1%
£28,510,111 £30,526,797
-
Profit before tax
+7.7%
£31,058,491 £33,457,459
-
Wages
-20.4%
£5,645,696 £4,494,954
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers