James Strang Limited
Registered name: JAMES STRANG LIMITED
James Strang Limited made £17.3m revenue and £137k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
James Strang Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £137k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Stirlingshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company is Barclay Dougall (Holdings) Limited, a company”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £165k | £175k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £130k | £137k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £130k | £137k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 50 | 51 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.1% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £314k | £326k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.5k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲2% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | — | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £258k | £379k | £453k |
| Current assets | — | £4.6m | £6.6m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £937k | £1.7m | £3.2m | £2.2m |
| 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
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £326k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £453k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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