J.t.mackley & Co.limited
Registered name: J.T.MACKLEY & CO.LIMITED
Part of Van Oord Dredging And Marine Contractors Bv groupJ.t.mackley & Co.limited made £48.2m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J.t.mackley & Co.limited’s revenue fell 4% to £48.2m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £366k profit and 182 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Small Dole; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Small Dole, South East
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1931
- 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 company is a”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Jan 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £50.2m | £50.1m | £48.2m |
| Cost of sales | £27.3m | £38.9m | £34.8m | £34.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £11.3m | £15.3m | £13.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.7m | £4.4m | £336k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £2.7m | £4.7m | £486k |
| Profit after tax | £927k | £2m | £3.5m | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | £927k | £2m | £3.5m | £366k |
| Staff costs | £7.9m | £9.5m | £11.8m | £12.9m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 142 | 169 | 182 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4% | 6.9% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.4% | 30.6% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £354k | £297k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £14.2k | £20.5k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0.2% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲117.9% | ▲71.2% | ▼89.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲19% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £3.3m | £4.8m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £8.3m | £11.9m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £4.7m | £5.8m | £7m |
| Current assets | £10.9m | £16.2m | £15.3m | £18.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £210k | £332k | £303k | £351k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 182
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £351k
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £7m
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
- Van Oord Dredging And Marine Contractors Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Van Oord UK Limited75–100%
- J.t.mackley & Co.limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mackley Construction 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 28 Dec 2025 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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