D. McGhee & Sons Limited
Registered name: D. MCGHEE & SONS LIMITED
Part of McGhee Group Limited groupD. McGhee & Sons Limited made £4.4m profit in the year to 2 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
D. McGhee & Sons Limited reported £4.4m profit in the year to 2 Aug 2025, up 0% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 444 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1950
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jul 2022 | 29 Jul 2023 | 3 Aug 2024 | 2 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £26.9m | £32.7m | £36.4m | £35.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £5m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £3.2m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £3.2m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £13.3m | £16.3m | £17.2m | £17.9m |
| Employees (average) | 380 | 405 | 439 | 444 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £8k | £9.9k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.2% | ▲35% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲8.4% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £13.7m | £17.5m | £21.1m |
| Fixed assets | £8.9m | £9.2m | £11.8m | £14.9m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £13.7m | £14.9m | £15.6m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £5.6m | £6.2m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £665k | £639k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.3m | −£6.8m | −£6.7m | −£8.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £21.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 444
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £639k
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £14.9m
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
- McGhee Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- D. McGhee & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fergusons Bakers LimitedFigures 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 2 Aug 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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