Two Merseyside firms – Dowhigh and Huyton Asphalt Civils – that jointly secured a £13m Liverpool roads maintenance contract in 2025, reveal combined annual revenues of more than £53m. Tony McDonough reports

Two Merseyside firms specialising in local authority roads maintenance contracts have reported healthy financial results.

In April 2025 LBN reported that Dowhigh and Huyton Asphalt Civils (HA Civils) jointly secured a £13m roads maintenance contract with Liverpool City Council for the next five years.

In the last few weeks both firms have posted their annual financial results on Companies House. They reveal both are continuing to win new contracts and are upbeat about their future prospects.

HA Civils posted its results for the year to March 31, 2025. They show revenues just shy of £34m, up slightly from £33.88m in the previous year. The firm saw a decrease in pre-tax profits from £2.4m in the previous year to £1.5m in the latest accounts.

Consequently, directors and majority shareholders James Blennerhassett and Anthony Carney share a significantly reduced dividends payout, totalling £193,398 against £943,133 in the previous year. The business employed 112 people during the period.

Writing in the annual report, Anthony Carney said: “The directors considered the company’s performance during the year, its financial position at the end of the year, and its future prospects, to be satisfactory.”

50-year-old Dowhigh’s accounts covered the 12 months to May 31, 2025. They show revenues up 7% to £19.7m and a healthy increase in pre-tax profits from £370,113 in the previous year to £644,159.

Two main shareholders during the period – Michael Murray and Trevor Murray – shared dividends of £80,000, identical to the previous year. On November 28, 2025 Trevor Murray became the sole majority shareholder in the firm. Michael Murray remains a director.

Due to the securing of new contracts the business increased headcount from 60 to 68 people. There was also a “substantial investment” in plant and vehicles.

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Writing in the report, Trevor Murray said: “Targeted efficiency savings generally gave rise to an increase in profit margins.

“The company has maintained a satisfactory level of activity and profits in the first part of 2025/26 and with contracts secured and anticipated the directors remain confident about the remainder of the year and beyond.”

The latest Liverpool council contract secured in 2025 followed other contracts delivered by both firms previously. As part of the latest deal they are committed to creating social value that will see benefit to the community.