McGaffin Contracts Limited
Registered name: MCGAFFIN CONTRACTS LIMITED
McGaffin Contracts Limited made £12.8m revenue and £724k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
McGaffin Contracts Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £724k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Lurgan; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lurgan, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £13.3m | £14m | £19m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £11.7m | £12.5m | £15.5m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £3.5m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £564k | £756k | £585k | £2.7m | £887k |
| Profit before tax | £566k | £760k | £630k | £2.8m | £965k |
| Profit after tax | £458k | £618k | £460k | £2.1m | £724k |
| Profit (best available) | £458k | £618k | £460k | £2.1m | £724k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 11% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.3% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 18.4% | 13.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £501k | £739k | £638k | £865k | £581k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £34.3k | £20.9k | £95.5k | £32.9k |
| Cash conversion | −205.1% | −125.1% | −99.1% | −82.6% | −28.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲5.6% | ▲35.6% | ▼32.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.8% | ▼25.5% | ▲356.5% | ▼65.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▲22.2% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £6m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £549k | £527k | £741k | £841k | £771k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.3m | £6.2m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £13.2k | £13.5k | £14.7k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£945k | −£579k | −£2.2m | −£255k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £581k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −28.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £4.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £771k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £724k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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