MGM Ltd
Registered name: MGM LTD
Part of Northern Bear PLC groupMGM Ltd made £15.2m revenue and £743k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
MGM Ltd’s revenue grew 43% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £743k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 company's immediate parent undertaking is Northern Bear Construction Limited and the company's ultimate parent undertaking is Northern Bear PLC.”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £590k | £936k |
| Profit before tax | £590k | £936k |
| Profit after tax | £583k | £743k |
| Profit (best available) | £583k | £743k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £751k | £1m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £78.4k | £78.1k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £78.1k
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
- Northern Bear PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Northern Bear Construction Limited75–100%
- MGM Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Callisto Glass Facades LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Isoler Ltd.Rev. £10.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Arcas Building Solutions LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit £161k
- J Lister Electrical LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit £162k
- H. Peel & Sons LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£905k
- Northern Bear (Safety) LimitedRev. £376k · Profit −£34.5k
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 £743k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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