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A.MCLAY AND COMPANY LIMITED

#00075614 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1902-12-03 (123y 9m) · Last filing 2026-08-19 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 82990 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-12-31 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-03-28 (in 7 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£11m

+17.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£14m

+13.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

136

+2.3% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£2.9m

-2.8% vs 2025

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £27,942,553£32,245,777£33,313,126 +3.3%
Operating profit £1,447,708£2,709,770£2,649,245 -2.2%
Profit before tax £1,696,192£2,948,127£2,866,135 -2.8%
Net profit £1,281,594£2,195,399£2,105,841 -4.1%
Cash £7,783,774£8,996,034£10,599,199 +17.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £11,402,621£13,522,608£15,021,529 +11.1%
Net assets £10,136,220£11,936,619£13,515,960 +13.2%
Equity £10,136,220£11,936,619£13,515,960 +13.2%
Average employees 134133136 +2.3%
Wages £5,144,433£5,168,805£5,341,287 +3.3%
Directors' remuneration £612,327£602,040£533,193 -11.4%
Directors' pension contributions £190,340£213,933£120,600 -43.6%
Highest paid director £180,853£144,410£152,508 +5.6%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin 5.2%8.4%8.0%
Net margin 4.6%6.8%6.3%
Return on capital employed 12.7%20.0%17.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 31.5%31.6%29.4%
Current ratio 3.58x3.36x3.57x
Interest cover 52.77x40.06x46.78x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
MHA Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. A.MCLAY AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
    1. Living Data @ McLays Limited 60% · Data solutions & software development

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
VAUGHAN, Gareth Secretary 2020-07-10 — —
THOMAS, Jonathan Director — Nov 1960 British
VAUGHAN, Gareth James Morgan Director 2020-07-10 Oct 1977 British
VAUGHAN, Kenneth James Director — May 1948 British
VAUGHAN, Mark Director 2020-07-10 Jun 1974 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DAVIES, Pauline Mary Secretary — 1996-01-30
VAUGHAN, Beryl Ruth Secretary — 2020-07-10
BURNETT, Keith Anthony Director 1995-10-25 2025-01-23
DAVIES, John Evan Director — 1999-12-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Kenneth James Vaughan Individual Shares 50–75% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-03-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-03-05 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-03-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-09-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-03-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-03-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-27 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-07-27 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-07-27 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-07-13 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-07-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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