{"id":35040,"date":"2026-04-15T05:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/lindum-hands-staff-2m-windfall-from-profits\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:37:16","slug":"lindum-hands-staff-2m-windfall-from-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/lindum-hands-staff-2m-windfall-from-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindum hands staff \u00a32m windfall from profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The family and employee-owned firm distributed close to \u00a31m through its profit-related pay scheme, which allocates 10% of annual profits equally across its 639-strong workforce \u2014 delivering an average bonus of around \u00a31,500 per employee.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the founder Chambers family, senior directors and employee shareholders shared in a \u00a31.99m dividend payout after the group declared a total dividend of 11.75p per share for the year to 30 November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>With 506 employees holding shares \u2014 around 79% of the workforce \u2014 staff collectively own nearly half the business and benefited from a significant slice of the dividend pot.<\/p>\n<p>The combined payouts underline Lindum\u2019s distinctive model, which blends broad-based employee ownership with equal profit sharing \u2014 ensuring workers benefit regardless of shareholding.<\/p>\n<p>The rewards came as the group delivered a strong financial performance, with turnover rising 5.3% to \u00a3209m and pre-tax profit climbing to \u00a313.2m from \u00a310.3m.<\/p>\n<p>Operating margin rose to 4.8% from 3.7% the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Lindum ended the year with \u00a389m in cash and remains debt free, with net assets up to \u00a378m.<\/p>\n<p>The business operates across Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the East Midlands through regional construction divisions in Lincoln, York and Peterborough, combining contracting, house building and support services.<\/p>\n<p>Construction remained the core activity, generating \u00a3172m of revenue, while homes and joint venture developments contributed \u00a327m, alongside smaller income streams from plant hire, servicing and waste recycling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/04\/15\/lindum-hands-staff-2m-windfall-from-profits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The family and employee-owned firm distributed close to \u00a31m through its profit-related pay scheme, which allocates 10% of annual &#8230; <a title=\"Lindum hands staff \u00a32m windfall from profits\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/lindum-hands-staff-2m-windfall-from-profits\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lindum hands staff \u00a32m windfall from profits\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}