McGurk Group Limited
Registered name: MCGURK GROUP LIMITED
McGurk Group Limited made £13.7m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
McGurk Group Limited’s revenue fell 55% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 127 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £30.6m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £21.3m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £11.5m | £9.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £450k | −£6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £332k | −£6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £107k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £107k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | £5m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 156 | 127 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5% | 0.4% | −10.2% |
| Gross margin | 41.2% | 30.4% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £196k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £685 | −£11k |
| Cash conversion | — | 1121% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▼55.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼92.3% | ▼1411% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.6% | ▼18.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £149k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.3m | £399k |
| Fixed assets | £660 | £660 | £29.4m |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £13.7m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £48.3k | £399k | £15.8k |
| Deferred income | £221k | £179k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £5m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 214.5%
- 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
- ▼88%
- Now £399k
- Cash at bank
- ▲808%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4451480%
- Now £29.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Arriva Group LimitedRev. £903k · Profit −£3.8m
- Apex One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Capital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McGurk Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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