Peter McCormack & Sons Limited
Registered name: PETER MCCORMACK & SONS LIMITED
Part of Oat Topco Limited groupPeter McCormack & Sons Limited made £24.1m revenue and £4.7m profit in the year to 21 Oct 2024. read from filing text
Peter McCormack & Sons Limited’s revenue was £24.1m in the year to 21 Oct 2024, with £4.7m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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: “The company was acquired by OCU Utility Services Limited on 22 October 2024. From this date, the ultimate parent undertaking is Triton Managers V Limited, a company registered in Jersey, with register”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 21 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.4m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.8m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.4m | £6.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.3m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2m | £4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2m | £4.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 25 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 12.1% | 19.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 22% | 36.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £655k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | £79.4k | £213k |
| Cash conversion | — | −93.4% | −131.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £585k | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £7.6m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £6.7m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.9m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £646k | £1.8m | £721k |
| Deferred income | £51.8k | £79.9k | £14k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.2m | −£8.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £213k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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 £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £14k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.8m
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
- Oat Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oat Holdco Limited75–100%
- Oat Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ocu Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ocu Group Ltd75–100%
- Ocu Utility Services Limited75–100%
- Carmar Ltd75–100%
- Peter McCormack & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 21 Oct 2024 (profit £4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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