Mecalux (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: MECALUX (U.K.) LIMITED
Mecalux (U.K.) Limited made £28.8m revenue and £379k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Mecalux (U.K.) Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £379k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Mecalux S.A., a company registered in Spain. No one person has overall control.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.2m | £37.2m | £21.3m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | £19.7m | £31.3m | £17.5m | £25.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.8m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £562k | £581k | £588k | £487k |
| Profit before tax | £577k | £600k | £675k | £505k |
| Profit after tax | £577k | £1.3m | £495k | £379k |
| Profit (best available) | £577k | £1.3m | £495k | £379k |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 36 | 43 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 15.7% | 17.8% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £836k | £1m | £496k | £720k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £34.9k | £11.5k | £9.5k |
| Cash conversion | −50.2% | 8.4% | −3.4% | −27.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.3% | ▼42.6% | ▲35% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲118.1% | ▼60.7% | ▼23.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▲19.4% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £654k | £601k | £694k | £840k |
| Net assets | £1m | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £35.4k | £41.2k | £39.7k | £34.4k |
| Current assets | £16.4m | £11.7m | £11.5m | £13m |
| Debtors | £10m | £2m | £3.1m | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £127k | £270k | £168k | £428k |
| Cash from operations | −£282k | £49k | −£20.1k | −£136k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £720k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −27.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £840k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▲154%
- Now £428k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £34.4k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £379k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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