A.mclay and Company Limited
Registered name: A.MCLAY AND COMPANY LIMITED
A.mclay and Company Limited made £33.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
A.mclay and Company Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £33.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.1m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 123 yrs · since 1902
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.9m | £32.2m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.7m | −£25.8m | −£26.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 133 | 136 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 6.8% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 20% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £242k | £245k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £16.5k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.3% | ▼4.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Living Data @ McLays LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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