John G. Mackintosh Limited
Registered name: JOHN G. MACKINTOSH LIMITED
Part of John G. Mackintosh Holdings Limited groupJohn G. Mackintosh Limited made £41m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
John G. Mackintosh Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £41m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 241 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Loanhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loanhead, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25m | £33.1m | £42m | £41m |
| Cost of sales | £20m | £25.7m | £33.9m | £31.7m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £7.4m | £8.1m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £8.2m | £10.5m | £13m | £13.5m |
| Employees (average) | 172 | 204 | 229 | 241 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 22.3% | 19.4% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £145k | £162k | £184k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £9.4k | £7k | £8.3k |
| Cash conversion | −257.2% | −130.8% | −167.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.4% | ▲27% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.8% | ▼16.5% | ▲24% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.6% | ▲12.3% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.6m | £5.2m | £6.7m |
| Net assets | £2m | £3m | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £380k | £364k | £322k | £292k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £12.3m | £15.2m | £17m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3.1m | £4.8m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £3.3m | £4.4m | £5.1m | £6.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | −£2.8m | −£3.3m | — |
| 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
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £6.7m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 241
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £292k
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
- John G. Mackintosh Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- John G. Mackintosh Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- JGM Fire and Security 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £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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