MCGREGOR BOYALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5m
+3.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7.1m
+4.8% vs 2024
Employees
89
-10.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£399k
+164.9% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,876,123 | £50,910,357 | £43,793,937 | £43,606,473 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,570,623 | £245,597 | -£684,769 | £350,688 | +151.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,564,405 | £297,834 | -£615,262 | £399,263 | +164.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,258,554 | £198,190 | -£491,742 | £321,879 | +165.5% | |
| Cash | £1,090,914 | £5,038,550 | £5,298,554 | £5,465,705 | +3.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,856,907 | £7,221,694 | £6,742,493 | £7,071,876 | +4.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,843,624 | £7,221,694 | £6,731,893 | £7,052,885 | +4.8% | |
| Equity | £2,843,624 | £7,221,694 | £6,731,893 | £7,052,885 | +4.8% | |
| Average employees | 122 | 132 | 99 | 89 | -10.1% | |
| Wages | £12,044,492 | £10,327,939 | £8,595,517 | £7,987,947 | -7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £456,671 | £682,351 | £720,902 | £628,555 | -12.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £40,932 | £46,977 | £53,144 | +13.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £226,920 | £223,867 | £206,367 | -7.8% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 0.5% | -1.6% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 0.4% | -1.1% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 55.0% | 3.4% | -10.2% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.5% | 35.1% | 35.8% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.83x | 2.79x | 3.33x |
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
- Anova
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- MCGREGOR BOYALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED · parent
- Creative Recruitment Limited 80%
- McGregor Boyall Contracts Limited 100%
- Creative Temps Limited 80%
- Dukebridge Partners Limited 100%
- Fincentria Limited 100%
- McGregor Boyall Poland z.o.o 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, the Group underwent a leadership transition, with Richard Lett succeeding Lucy Frost as Group Managing Director.”
- “Since the balance sheet date a new subsidiary has been incorporated in Ireland, McGregor Boyall Associates (Ireland) Limited. The new company was formed on 11 March 2026 and is wholly owned by McGregor Boyall Associates Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITT, Jennifer Valerie | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | — | British |
| LETT, Richard Ismail | Director | 2025-06-30 | May 1974 | British |
| PITT, Jennifer Valerie | Director | 1995-01-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Anne Helen | Director | 2010-05-10 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGREGOR, Kay | Secretary | — | 1993-06-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Anne Helen | Secretary | 1993-06-24 | 1994-12-31 |
| BOYALL, Laurence Frank Frederick | Director | — | 2023-02-15 |
| FROST, Lucy Joy | Director | 2023-07-24 | 2025-06-30 |
| MCGREGOR, Kay | Director | — | 1993-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Anne Helen Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-15 | Active |
| Andrea Louise Murchison | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-08-04 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Suzanne Marie Murchison | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-24 |
| Mr Laurence Frank Frederick Boyall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-15 |
| Donald Merrit Murchison | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.