B.P. McKeefry Limited
Registered name: B.P. MCKEEFRY LIMITED
Part of B.P. McKeefry Holdings Limited groupB.P. McKeefry Limited made £24.3m revenue and £145k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
B.P. McKeefry Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £24.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £145k profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Co Londonderry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “B.P. McKeefry Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.8m | £20.3m | £23.8m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £18.1m | £21.4m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £810k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £888k |
| Profit before tax | £809k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £921k |
| Profit after tax | £501k | £1.1m | £510k | £145k |
| Profit (best available) | £501k | £1.1m | £510k | £145k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.3m | £6.3m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 97 | 110 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 5.5% | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.1% | 7.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £209k | £216k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £11.6k | £4.6k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | −270.4% | −169.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲17.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.5% | ▼54.5% | ▼71.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▲13.4% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3m | £5.5m | £2.8m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £20.9m | £21.8m | £22.1m | £22m |
| Fixed assets | £12.3m | £12.9m | £15m | £17.3m |
| Current assets | £12.3m | £13.1m | £11.4m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £370k | £321k | £639k | £902k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£2.3m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £22m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £902k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £17.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- B.P. McKeefry Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- B.P. McKeefry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- MTS (Tank Cleaning) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- B.P. McKeefry Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dante 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £145k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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