McAllister Bros Limited
Registered name: MCALLISTER BROS LIMITED
McAllister Bros Limited made £53.6m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McAllister Bros Limited’s revenue was £53.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.2m profit and 176 employees. The company is classified under “sewerage” and is based in Co Down; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Down, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Aug 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.8m | £53.6m |
| Cost of sales | £21.8m | £36.6m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £17m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £9.8m | £14.8m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 176 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £23.9k |
| Cash conversion | 279.4% | 103.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £7m | £5.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 103.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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 £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 176
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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