Northstone Materials Limited
Registered name: NORTHSTONE MATERIALS LIMITED
Part of Crh Plc groupNorthstone Materials Limited made £88.1m revenue and a £19.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Northstone Materials Limited’s revenue grew 59% to £88.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £19.9m and 347 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Newtownards; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newtownards
- Age
- 85 yrs · since 1941
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £55.5m | £88.1m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | −£39.8m | −£63.1m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £15.7m | £25m |
| Operating profit | £0 | £2.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £2.4m | −£18.5m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £1.8m | −£19.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £1.8m | −£19.9m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 352 | 347 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.2% | −22.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.3% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £158k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.1k | −£57.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲58.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼1213% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£57.3k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 347
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Crh Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- CRH (UK) Limited75–100%
- CRH Building Products Limited75–100%
- Northstone Materials Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Ballymena Construction Company LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Beckett Construction Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cubis Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eph Contractors (Swindon) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- High Carr Point Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Materials Testing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northstone Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R.J. Maxwell (Ballymena) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Ready Use Concrete Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott (Toomebridge) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T O'Connell & Sons (Contractors) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T.B.F. Thompson (Properties) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- BP Concrete Flooring LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MCL Compounds LtdFigures not disclosed
- MCL Industrial Enclosures LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£19.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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