McArthur Agriculture (T/a McArthur BDC) Ltd
Registered name: MCARTHUR AGRICULTURE (T/A MCARTHUR BDC) LTD
Part of McArthur Agriculture (Holdings) Limited groupMcArthur Agriculture (T/a McArthur BDC) Ltd made £11.6m revenue and a £167k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McArthur Agriculture (T/a McArthur BDC) Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £167k and 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery other than tractors” and is based in Scunthorpe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scunthorpe, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “McArthur Agriculture (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £15.9m | £13.2m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £9.5m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £452k | £44.4k | −£268k |
| Profit before tax | £417k | £67.6k | −£231k |
| Profit after tax | £556k | −£475k | −£167k |
| Profit (best available) | £556k | −£475k | −£167k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 59 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | −3.6% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 28.3% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £253k | £224k | £237k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | −£8k | −£3.4k |
| Cash conversion | 28.2% | 1731% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▼12% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼185.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼17% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £815k | £744k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £676k | £512k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Debtors | £266k | £341k | £202k |
| Cash from operations | £128k | £769k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £237k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲105%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £512k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McArthur Agriculture (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McArthur Agriculture (T/a McArthur BDC) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- B D C Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Britpulse Feed Ingredients LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£167k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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