Murphy Plant Limited
Registered name: MURPHY PLANT LIMITED
Part of Maryland Group Holdings Limited groupMurphy Plant Limited made £97.6m revenue and £14.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Murphy Plant Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £97.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £14.5m profit. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.9m | £105m | £97.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£78.7m | −£88.2m | −£78.8m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £16.7m | £18.8m |
| Operating profit | £14.2m | £16.1m | £19.7m |
| Profit before tax | £12.1m | £13.9m | £18.1m |
| Profit after tax | £9.3m | £11.1m | £14.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.3m | £11.1m | £14.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10% | 10.6% | 14.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | 15.9% | 19.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13% | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▲30.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Maryland Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Maryland 1951 Limited75–100%
- Drilton Limited75–100%
- J. Murphy & Sons Limited75–100%
- Murphy Plant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Land and Marine Engineering LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£374k
- J. Murphy & Sons (Apac Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J. Murphy & Sons (Delancey Street) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J. Murphy & Sons (Ireland Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J. Murphy & Sons (North America Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J.m.piling Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Murphy Group Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Murphy Power Networks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Murphy Technical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pre Mixed Concrete (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £14.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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