McLaren Construction Limited
Registered name: MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of McLaren Construction Group PLC groupMcLaren Construction Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £15.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
McLaren Construction Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £15.9m profit and 1,082 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £964m | £924m | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£924m | −£876m | −£1.1bn |
| Gross profit | £40.7m | £48.1m | £62.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £6.8m | £15.7m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £11.9m | £21m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £10.2m | £15.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £10.2m | £15.9m |
| Employees (average) | 861 | 912 | 1,082 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 4.2% | 5.2% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £11.2k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54% | ▲56% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲18.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 1,082
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McLaren Construction Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- McLaren Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- McLaren (Wellington Square) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (International) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (London) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (Midlands & North) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (Regeneration) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (South) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction (Yorkshire & North East) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Construction Management & Specialist Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Property (UK) 2 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 Jul 2025 (profit £15.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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