Messenger Construction Limited
Registered name: MESSENGER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Messenger BCR Limited groupMessenger Construction Limited made £32m revenue and £751k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Messenger Construction Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £32m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £751k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Stamford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stamford, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £30.1m | £28.6m | £29m | £32m |
| Cost of sales | £21.7m | £25.3m | £23.5m | £23.7m | £27m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £670k | £576k | £548k | £622k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £650k | £558k | £524k | £588k | £999k |
| Profit after tax | £579k | £477k | £436k | £503k | £751k |
| Profit (best available) | £579k | £477k | £436k | £503k | £751k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 89 | 93 | 95 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 16% | 17.9% | 18.1% | 15.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £302k | £338k | £307k | £305k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £5.4k | £4.7k | £5.3k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▼5% | ▲1.4% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.6% | ▼8.5% | ▲15.3% | ▲49.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲4.5% | ▲2.1% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £355k | £846k | £59.6k | £1.2m | £579k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £428k | £430k | £715k | £908k | £874k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £9.9m | £9.9m | £9.7m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £344k | £15.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £579k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £874k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Messenger BCR Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Messenger BCR Group Limited75–100%
- Messenger Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Messenger Building Repairs LimitedRev. £9.9m · Profit £284k
- Messenger F. D. D. LtdRev. £328k · Profit −£139k
- Messenger Conservation LtdRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Messenger Special Projects LtdRev. £0 · Profit £0
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 2026 (profit £751k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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