O'NEILL AND BRENNAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
+36.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15m
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,411
+1.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£571k
-66.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £77,102,563 | £92,002,005 | £97,026,898 | +5.5% | |
| Operating profit | £487,719 | £1,671,484 | £510,484 | -69.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £575,473 | £1,709,407 | £571,246 | -66.6% | |
| Net profit | £333,425 | £1,154,394 | £703,908 | -39% | |
| Cash | £1,447,869 | £2,228,962 | £3,049,197 | +36.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,008,898 | £14,163,292 | £14,867,200 | +5% | |
| Net assets | £13,008,898 | £14,163,292 | £14,867,200 | +5% | |
| Equity | £13,008,898 | £14,163,292 | £14,867,200 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 1,264 | 1,395 | 1,411 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £6,974,514 | £8,021,371 | £7,810,223 | -2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,385,233 | £1,853,772 | £1 | -100% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,856 | £12,276 | £10,295 | -16.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £277,748 | £393,603 | £396,321 | +0.7% |
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 | 0.6% | 1.8% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 11.8% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.4% | 38.6% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.58x | 2.75x | |
| Interest cover | 18.39x | — | — |
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
- O'NEILL AND BRENNAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1990-12-03 → present
- HERRINGBONE LIMITED 1989-06-29 → 1990-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wildin (Auditors) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Patrick Gerard | Secretary | 2009-05-01 | — | Irish |
| BENSON, David Joseph | Director | 2007-01-17 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BRENNAN, Danny | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1989 | British |
| BRENNAN, Margaret Patricia | Director | 1992-11-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| BRENNAN, Patrick Gerard | Director | — | Feb 1959 | Irish |
| O NEILL, Ann Mary Theresa | Director | 1992-11-01 | May 1956 | British |
| O'NEILL, Donal Gerard | Director | 2016-04-06 | Aug 1960 | Irish |
| O'NEILL, Sean Patrick | Director | 2002-01-01 | Aug 1972 | Irish |
| O'NEILL, Shane Daniel | Director | 2018-02-02 | Oct 1988 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONEILL, Donal Gerard | Secretary | — | 2009-05-01 |
| BARTON, Timothy James | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2017-07-25 |
| BURKE, Alan, Mr. | Director | 2015-08-18 | 2017-06-30 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Neil | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2009-11-30 |
| DOHERTY, Damian Gerard | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2008-02-28 |
| GILL, Dermot | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2010-12-31 |
| HODGERS, Kevin Martin | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2015-04-30 |
| HOLLOWAY, Max Jonathan | Director | 2008-02-28 | 2017-12-05 |
| KING, Julian | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2018-10-21 |
| MADIGAN, Danny John | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| MCCULLOUGH, Neil | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| MEEHAN, Eugene John | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| ONEILL, Donal Gerard | Director | — | 2016-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Donal Gerard O'Neill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Patrick Gerard Brennan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Donal Gerard O'Neill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | 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.