McAuley Fabrication Limited
Registered name: MCAULEY FABRICATION LIMITED
Part of Leumas Holdings Limited groupMcAuley Fabrication Limited made £11.6m revenue and £427k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
McAuley Fabrication Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £427k profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Ballymoney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.7m | £9.4m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.4m | £6.4m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1m | £730k | £768k |
| Profit before tax | — | £937k | £604k | £574k |
| Profit after tax | — | £822k | £592k | £427k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £822k | £592k | £427k |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 106 | 129 | 140 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.4% | 6.3% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.1% | 31.5% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £92k | £72.6k | £83.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.8k | £4.6k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼3.9% | ▲24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼28% | ▼27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲21.7% | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £29.7k | £19.5k | £28.6k | £380k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.5m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £83.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1231%
- Now £380k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £3.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Leumas Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McAuley Fabrication Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- McAuley FL Lifts 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 £427k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.