Lagan Building Solutions Limited
Registered name: LAGAN BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of P.G.L Holdings (N.i.) Ltd groupLagan Building Solutions Limited made £15.1m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lagan Building Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 is controlled by P.G.L Holdings (N.I.) Ltd.Registered Office;Lagan House19 Clarendon RoadBelfast, AntrimNorthern IrelandBT1 3BG”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £16m | £14.5m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £12m | £10.8m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 9% | 7.9% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 24.9% | 25.4% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £622k | £696k | £630k | £684k |
| Profit per employee | £53.5k | £62.8k | £49.6k | £54.2k |
| Cash conversion | −5% | 36.5% | 82.5% | 43.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▼9.5% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼21% | ▲4.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | 0% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £7.1m | £8m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £200k | £341k | £340k | £326k |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £9.7m | £10m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £665k | £629k | £306k | £604k |
| Cash from operations | −£78.9k | £621k | £1.1m | £554k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £684k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 43.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲97%
- Now £604k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £326k
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
- P.G.L Holdings (N.i.) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Lagan Building Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- P.G.L Acquisitions LtdFigures not disclosed
- P.G.L Properties (N.i.) LtdFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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