PENNY LANE BUILDERS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1k
+26,175% vs 2025
Net assets
£1m
+45.9% vs 2025
Employees
140
+6.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£577k
+3,406.7% first positive since 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 1.2 headed Going Concern in the financial statements, which indicates that the company has incurred losses during the prior two financial years and is currently in a net current liability position. As stated in note 1.2 and the strategic report to these financial statements, the directors have considered a number of factors in concluding on going concern
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,274,211 | £15,433,542 | £20,038,547 | £16,903,681 | £19,599,070 | +15.9% | |
| Operating profit | £464,250 | £182,970 | -£1,712,466 | -£148,522 | £666,459 | +548.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £705,571 | £395,230 | -£1,512,955 | -£17,459 | £577,314 | +3,406.7% | |
| Net profit | £631,603 | £535,348 | -£1,222,434 | -£17,459 | £577,366 | +3,407% | |
| Cash | £1,466,826 | £184,183 | £34 | £4 | £1,051 | +26,175% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,715,614 | £1,776,481 | £2,087,391 | £710,601 | £1,018,509 | +43.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,683,015 | £1,700,253 | £702,740 | £685,281 | £999,794 | +45.9% | |
| Equity | £1,683,015 | £1,700,253 | £702,740 | £685,281 | £999,794 | +45.9% | |
| Average employees | 107 | 120 | 108 | 132 | 140 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,710,473 | £4,561,031 | £4,816,222 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £185,000 | £350,001 | £240,724 | £239,978 | £218,500 | -8.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £23,958 | £25,000 | £23,000 | -8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £120,698 | £120,386 | £118,750 | -1.4% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 1.2% | -8.5% | -0.9% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.5% | -6.1% | -0.1% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.1% | 10.3% | -82.0% | -20.9% | 65.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.7% | 62.1% | 89.7% | 89.3% | 81.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.21x | 0.93x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -8.04x | 2.83x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1.2 headed Going Concern in the financial statements, which indicates that the company has incurred losses during the prior two financial years and is currently in a net current liability position. As stated in note 1.2 and the strategic report to these financial statements, the directors have considered a number of factors in concluding on going concern”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCEVOY, Gerard Peter | Director | 2008-09-05 | Dec 1973 | British |
| MCEVOY, Gerard Owen | Director | 1996-02-12 | Apr 1951 | British |
| MCEVOY, Julie | Director | 2008-09-05 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUHAGIAR, Bryan | Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-12 | 1996-02-12 |
| MCEVOY, Marie | Secretary | 1996-02-12 | 2008-09-05 |
| BUHAGIAR, Susan | Nominee Director | 1996-02-12 | 1996-02-12 |
| MCEVOY, Maria | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2008-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Mcevoy | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Gerard Peter Mcevoy | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-08-30 | Active |
| Plb Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-08-30 | Active |
| Mr Gerard Owen Mcevoy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-11-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.