Macrete Ireland Limited
Registered name: MACRETE IRELAND LIMITED
Part of FPM Quarries Limited groupMacrete Ireland Limited made £22.3m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Macrete Ireland Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £22.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes” and is based in Co Antrim; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “On 20 December 2024 Macrete Ireland Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of FPM Quarries Limited, registered office address of 3 Drumard Road, Knockloughrim, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 8QA,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.8m | £25.1m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.9m | £18.4m | £17.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £6.7m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £4.1m | £973k |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £4m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.8m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 109 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 15.1% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 26.8% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £211k | £231k | £333k |
| Profit per employee | £25.3k | £34.8k | £15.8k |
| Cash conversion | −94% | −84.4% | −1154% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39% | ▼72% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼38.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £521k | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £9.7m | £782k |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £12.3m | £7m |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £5.8m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £562k | £474k | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£3.4m | −£11.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £333k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1154%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▼92%
- Now £782k
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▼39%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲496%
- Now £2.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £2m
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
- FPM Quarries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Macrete Ireland Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- R. Hogg & Sons LimitedRev. — · Profit £27.6k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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