J McCann & Co Limited
Registered name: J MCCANN & CO LIMITED
Part of McCann Holdings Limited groupJ McCann & Co Limited made £69.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
J McCann & Co Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £69.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 284 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Chilwell; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chilwell, East Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Apr 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £82.2m | £47.2m | £68.2m | £82.9m | £69.3m |
| Cost of sales | £74.2m | £47.8m | £58.9m | £73.9m | £60.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | −£638k | £9.3m | £8.9m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | −£4.5m | £3.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£4.7m | £3.4m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | −£3.7m | £2.5m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | −£3.7m | £2.5m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £18.8m | £12.9m | £14.3m | £16.5m | £17.5m |
| Employees (average) | 364 | 332 | 245 | 270 | 284 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −7.9% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | −1.4% | 13.6% | 10.8% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £226k | £142k | £278k | £307k | £244k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | −£11.2k | £10.3k | £4.2k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲21.6% | ▼16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼55.6% | ▲32.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲10.2% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £943 | £5.9m | £6.5m | £5.8m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £84k | £2.6m | £3.7m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £11.9m | £16.7m | £20.2m | £19.4m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £6m | £1.3m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £244k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲40%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £5.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 284
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McCann Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McCann Group Limited75–100%
- J McCann & Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Peter James Homes LimitedRev. £9.2m · Profit −£326k
- McCann Civil & Electrical Engineering LtdFigures not disclosed
- McCann Civil Contracting LtdFigures not disclosed
- McCann Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McCann Electrical Contracting LtdFigures not disclosed
- McCann Electrical Engineering LtdFigures not disclosed
- McCann Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McCann Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McCann Infrastructure LtdFigures not disclosed
- McCann Utilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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