The shape of the year
Where the loss now sitsRevenue holds up through the autumn while the major fit-outs and Craigens bill together, yet the net result is a loss in every month of the year. It is small at first, then deepens sharply from January, when Craigens runs alone and the fixed cost base is only half used. May, with no revenue at all, is the worst at (£74,568). Every quarter is a net loss.
Quarterly profit and loss
Revenue down to net result| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Full year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £448,367 | £490,979 | £206,213 | £111,111 | £1,256,671 |
| Direct costs | (£343,980) | (£368,983) | (£166,495) | (£143,162) | (£1,022,620) |
| Gross profit | £104,387 | £121,996 | £39,718 | (£32,051) | £234,051 |
| GP margin | 23.3% | 24.8% | 19.3% | n/m | 18.6% |
| Overheads | (£96,190) | (£96,734) | (£95,302) | (£95,201) | (£383,427) |
| Operating profit | £8,197 | £25,262 | (£55,583) | (£127,251) | (£149,376) |
| OP margin | 1.8% | 5.1% | (27.0%) | n/m | (11.9%) |
| Finance costs | (£32,280) | (£32,280) | (£32,280) | (£32,280) | (£129,120) |
| Net result | (£24,083) | (£7,018) | (£87,863) | (£159,531) | (£278,496) |
| Net margin | (5.4%) | (1.4%) | (42.6%) | n/m | (22.2%) |
Revenue solidity
Where it comes from and when it endsBy category
The Craigens dependency
Craigens (£512,224, including the near-certain £500,000 electrical contract) is the only work running past December and carries the year through to April. The improved picture depends on it, and it is not yet secured or priced. Tetley Hall and 6 Staveley Road, the other majors, both finish by December.
By project · last billing month
What it takes
Break-even and the £240k targetBreak-even means gross profit covering overheads (£383,427) and finance (£129,120), a total of £512,547. The forecast now delivers £234,051 of that, so the remaining climb is the gross profit still to find, and the £240,000 profit target sits beyond it. The figures below are the further work needed on top of the current book.
Break even
of further work, at a 35% margin
£240k profit
of further work, at a 35% margin
Overheads and actions
Prepared June 2026Overheads — top five of £383,427
Full overhead budget, all 31 lines and monthly variance →Short term focus · Q1–Q2
Long term focus · Q3–Q4