Mersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltd
Registered name: MERSEY GATEWAY CROSSINGS BOARD LTD
Part of Halton Borough Council groupMersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £33.9k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Mersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £33.9k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Runcorn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Runcorn, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.9k | £20.4k | £32.9k |
| Profit before tax | £28.9k | £20.4k | £33.9k |
| Profit after tax | £28.9k | £20.4k | £33.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £28.9k | £20.4k | £33.9k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £135k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.4k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.3% | ▲66.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £470k | £472k | £525k |
| Net assets | −£23k | −£21.6k | −£14.6k |
| Fixed assets | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Current assets | £932k | £989k | £974k |
| Debtors | £462k | £517k | £449k |
| Deferred income | £338k | £350k | £330k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- 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 −£14.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £525k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £330k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £100
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
- Halton Borough Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Mersey Gateway Crossings Board Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Merseyflow 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 Mar 2026 (profit £33.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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