Marlborough McDonald Ltd
Registered name: MARLBOROUGH MCDONALD LTD
Part of Marlborough Highways Group Limited groupMarlborough McDonald Ltd made £32.4m revenue and £212k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Marlborough McDonald Ltd’s revenue was £32.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £212k profit and 395 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £24.5m | £32.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £14.3m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £10.2m | £13.4m |
| Operating profit | £316k | £545k | £298k |
| Profit before tax | £315k | £547k | £270k |
| Profit after tax | £264k | £400k | £212k |
| Profit (best available) | £264k | £400k | £212k |
| Staff costs | £20.4m | £23.9m | £32.1m |
| Employees (average) | 363 | 363 | 395 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 37.1% | 41.6% | 41.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.1k | £67.5k | £82.1k |
| Profit per employee | £726 | £1.1k | £538 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £174k | −£46.7k | £247 |
| Net assets | £8.2k | £7.8k | £20.1k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £538
- 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
- 8.2%
- 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 £20.1k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £247
- Headcount
- —
- Now 395
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Marlborough Highways Group Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Marlborough McDonald Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Marlborough Highways LimitedRev. £116m · Profit £1.3m
- Biff Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- McDonald Highway Services 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 2025 (profit £212k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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