P McVey Building Systems Ltd
Registered name: P MCVEY BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD
Part of McVey Group Holdings Ltd groupP McVey Building Systems Ltd made £20.1m revenue and £897k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P McVey Building Systems Ltd’s revenue fell 17% to £20.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £897k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Antrim; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 ultimate controlling party is McVey Group Holdings Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £16.8m | £24.1m | £20.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £11m | £17.3m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.8m | £6.9m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £3.3m | £4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £3.3m | £4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £897k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £897k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.4m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 54 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16% | 16% | 13.7% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 34.5% | 28.5% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £447k | £319k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £61.5k | £14.2k |
| Cash conversion | 110.7% | 55.5% | 116.8% | 133.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.4% | ▲43.8% | ▼16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32% | ▲23.6% | ▼73% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £546k | £3.2m | £982k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £6.7m | £9.8m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4.8m | £5.3m | £8m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £5.5m | £7.9m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £5.8k | £7.5k | £87.1k | £14.5k |
| Cash from operations | £2.8m | £1.8m | £4.7m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £319k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 133.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.7%
- 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
- 19.1%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £982k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £14.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £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
- McVey Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- McVey Holdings Ltd75–100%
- P McVey Building Systems Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Donnelly Cabins 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 Dec 2025 (profit £897k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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