PHELAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
+117.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.6m
+179.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
30
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+668.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,334,881 | £10,648,477 | £18,171,628 | +70.7% | |
| Operating profit | £516,975 | £678,409 | £2,117,442 | +212.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £75,006 | £342,552 | £2,633,098 | +668.7% | |
| Net profit | £452,694 | £342,552 | £2,338,884 | +582.8% | |
| Cash | £1,961,899 | £2,308,992 | £5,013,642 | +117.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,699,279 | £1,299,129 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £956,577 | £1,299,129 | £3,636,013 | +179.9% | |
| Equity | £956,577 | £1,299,129 | £3,636,013 | +179.9% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 29 | 30 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £1,663,044 | £1,648,859 | £1,861,381 | +12.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £193,000 | £119,250 | £116,859 | -2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,321 | £1,321 | £9,541 | +622.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 6.4% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 3.2% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | 52.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.7% | 80.3% | 59.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.90x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 5.72x | 9.33x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PHELAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1996-08-28 → present
- LYTA LIMITED 1987-07-15 → 1996-08-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Ltd
- 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 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
- PHELAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- Haven Developmen: and Property Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Phelan Construction Limited entered into a company voluntary arrangement on the 17th January 2020 after obtaining approval from their creditors.”
- “The company has met all obligations under the terms of the CVA agreement and during the year, on 16th April 2025 the CVA was officially terminated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWE, Andrew | Director | 2025-10-29 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Daniel William | Director | 2006-04-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| RAYNER, Grant | Director | 2025-10-28 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'PHELAN, Kieran William | Secretary | — | 2000-04-26 |
| JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-04-26 | 2011-06-06 |
| COY, Neil Ian | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2020-02-28 |
| LAW, Rae Alfred George | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| LEPPARD, Paul Michael | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2019-12-18 |
| O'PHELAN, Kieran William | Director | — | 2024-04-01 |
| O'PHELAN, Richard | Director | — | 1996-09-01 |
| TUCKER, Steven Andrew | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2019-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Francie Colton O'Phelan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-02-01 | Active |
| Miss Annie Colton O'Phelan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-02-01 | Active |
| Mr Kieran William O'Phelan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CVA4 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement completion | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | CVA3 | insolvency | Liquidation cva supervisors abstract of receipts payments with brought down date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.