B.& M.mchugh Limited
Registered name: B.& M.MCHUGH LIMITED
Part of FJJ Limited groupB.& M.mchugh Limited made £11.7m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
B.& M.mchugh Limited’s revenue fell 32% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 71 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £18.1m | £17.1m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £13.6m | £12.7m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £141k | £217k | £64k | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £179k | £302k | £309k | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £139k | £242k | £248k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £139k | £242k | £248k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 73 | 72 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.5% | −12.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 25.2% | 25.9% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £248k | £238k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £3.3k | £3.4k | −£20.4k |
| Cash conversion | −291.6% | 26.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% | ▼5.4% | ▼31.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲73.6% | ▲2.7% | ▼684.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▼1.4% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.4m | £6.9m | £5.5m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £11m | £11.3m | £11.5m | £10.1m |
| Fixed assets | £527k | £989k | £946k | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £14.8m | £14.3m | £11.1m |
| Debtors | £479k | £331k | £930k | £208k |
| Deferred income | £43.5k | £82.8k | £63.8k | £75k |
| Cash from operations | −£412k | £57.1k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £10.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £75k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- FJJ Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- B.& M.mchugh Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Footscray Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Merchland Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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