MBC Timberframe (UK) Ltd
Registered name: MBC TIMBERFRAME (UK) LTD
MBC Timberframe (UK) Ltd made £16.5m revenue and £494k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
MBC Timberframe (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 28% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £494k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Newry; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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: “Joseph, Jannett and Kevin Blair, the board of directors, are seen as the ultimate controlling party of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.3m | £12.9m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.7m | £7.8m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.6m | £5m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £671k | £560k | £617k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £638k | £551k | £587k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £476k | £413k | £494k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £476k | £413k | £494k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.9m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 26 | 43 | 55 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.2% | 3.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 40.9% | 39.2% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £262k | £234k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11.1k | £7.5k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 84.5% | 76.8% | 42.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲14.1% | ▲28.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼13.3% | ▲19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲65.4% | ▲27.9% | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £269k | £866k | £1m | £1.1m | £323k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £784k | £908k | £937k | £750k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.4m | £3.3m | £5.1m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £187k | −£44 | £48.5k | £111k | £677k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £800k | £1.1m | £931k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £566k | £430k | £263k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 42.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £323k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £931k
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £1.1m
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 Jan 2026 (profit £494k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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