Matthew Homes Limited
Registered name: MATTHEW HOMES LIMITED
Part of Gallagher Investments Limited groupMatthew Homes Limited made £45.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Matthew Homes Limited’s revenue was £45.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.7m profit. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in St.albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- St.albans, East of England
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.2m | £75.3m | £75.3m | £45.1m |
| Cost of sales | £37.8m | −£60m | £60m | −£34.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.3m | £15.4m | £15.4m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £7m | £7m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £5.1m | £5.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | — | £4.9m | — |
| Employees (average) | 52 | — | 51 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 20.4% | 20.4% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £926k | — | £1.5m | — |
| Profit per employee | £26.3k | — | £75.6k | — |
| Cash conversion | 631% | — | −99.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲56.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲182.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.5m | — | £15.4m | — |
| Net assets | £86.5m | — | £90.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | — | £2.2m | — |
| Current assets | £133m | — | £151m | — |
| Debtors | £17k | — | £15.1k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | — | £13.4m | — |
| Cash from operations | £17.6m | — | −£7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gallagher Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gallagher Holdings Limited75–100%
- Matthew Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Pendragon Debt Collection Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Roadmarch Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Matthew Properties LimitedRev. £288k · Profit £163k
- Matthew Investments LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1.2m
- Ayot Place 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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