McMullen & Sons, Limited
Registered name: MCMULLEN & SONS, LIMITED
McMullen & Sons, Limited made £134m revenue and £15.3m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025.
McMullen & Sons, Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £134m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £15.3m profit and 2,173 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Herts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts, East of England
- Age
- 129 yrs · since 1897
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114m | £123m | £123m | £134m |
| Cost of sales | £101m | −£107m | £105m | −£110m |
| Operating profit | £12.3m | £16.1m | £16.1m | £19.5m |
| Profit before tax | £15.6m | £19.4m | £19.4m | £19.8m |
| Profit after tax | £13m | £14.4m | £14.4m | £15.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £13m | £14.4m | £14.4m | £15.3m |
| Employees (average) | 2,089 | 2,097 | 2,097 | 2,173 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 11.8% | 11.8% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.4k | £58.5k | £58.5k | £61.7k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £6.9k | £6.9k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | — | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.7% | — | ▲6.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | — | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 2,173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- G.B. Christie LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McMullen's of Hertford LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Sep 2025 (profit £15.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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