B. McNamee & Co. Ltd
Registered name: B. MCNAMEE & CO. LTD
Part of Grafton Group Plc groupB. McNamee & Co. Ltd made £2.2m revenue and £103k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2024.
B. McNamee & Co. Ltd’s revenue fell 66% to £2.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2024, with £103k profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £565k |
| Operating profit | £535k | £144k |
| Profit before tax | £516k | £154k |
| Profit after tax | £414k | £103k |
| Profit (best available) | £414k | £103k |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £69.8k |
| Profit per employee | £12.5k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼65.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £0 |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £148k | £0 |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £628k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £8.1k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Grafton Group Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Grafton Group (UK) Public Limited Company75–100%
- B. McNamee & Co. Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2024 (profit £103k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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