W. Maher & Sons Limited
Registered name: W. MAHER & SONS LIMITED
W. Maher & Sons Limited made £13.8m revenue and £334k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
W. Maher & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £13.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £334k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £12.1m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.3m | −£9.5m | −£11.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £5.9m | −£412k | £420k |
| Profit before tax | £6.1m | −£118k | £513k |
| Profit after tax | £4.6m | −£189k | £334k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.6m | −£189k | £334k |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 64 | 65 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 32.7% | −1.6% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 21.4% | 15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £196k | £189k | £212k |
| Profit per employee | £64k | −£2.9k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▲13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼104.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £212k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Irlam Wharf Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Soapstone Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W Maher & Sons (Excavations) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W Maher (2024) LtdFigures not disclosed
- W. Maher (Aggregates) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W. Maher (Excavation) 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £334k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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