MGBC Ltd
Registered name: MGBC LTD
Part of McGuinness Brothers Group Ltd groupMGBC Ltd made £21.4m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
MGBC Ltd’s revenue was £21.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.8m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Luton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.2m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.9m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £142k | £406k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 15.9% | 13% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.2% | 22% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | — | £345k | £232k |
| Cash conversion | — | −141.7% | −168.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £3.1m | £4.6m |
| Net assets | £3m | £6.3m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £801k | £4.8m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.4m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £890k | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£4.7m | −£6.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £232k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −168.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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 £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McGuinness Brothers Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- MGBC Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- McGuinness Brothers Construction LtdFigures not disclosed
- MGB Land Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- MGB Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MGBC Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £28.9k
- MGBC Investments LtdFigures 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 2024 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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