MESSENGER BCR LIMITED
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Cash
£663k
-49.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£6.2m
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
134
+18.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-8.3% vs 2025
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Our short-form breakdown of MESSENGER BCR LIMITED's latest filing
UK heritage construction specialist Messenger BCR Group grew its turnover past £40m this year — but the top-line growth didn't translate to the bottom line. 🏗️📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,557,893 | £35,231,539 | £40,063,672 | +13.7% | |
| Operating profit | £646,758 | £1,377,359 | £1,279,329 | -7.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £541,344 | £1,288,528 | £1,181,069 | -8.3% | |
| Net profit | £405,332 | £989,741 | £803,190 | -18.8% | |
| Cash | £67,232 | £1,316,659 | £663,429 | -49.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,671,171 | £6,616,243 | £7,288,370 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,405,264 | £5,398,127 | £6,211,723 | +15.1% | |
| Equity | £4,405,264 | £5,398,127 | £6,211,723 | +15.1% | |
| Average employees | 108 | 113 | 134 | +18.6% | |
| Wages | £4,699,687 | £5,288,039 | £6,066,842 | +14.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £179,468 | £177,672 | £208,600 | +17.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £134,360 | £124,407 | £124,860 | +0.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £104,000 | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 3.9% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 2.8% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 20.8% | 17.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.9% | 61.0% | 58.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.33x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 6.14x | 12.01x | 11.86x |
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
- Cheney & Co
- 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
- MESSENGER BCR LIMITED · parent
- Messenger BCR Group limited 100%
- Messenger Construction Limited 100%
- Messenger Building Repairs Limited 90%
- Messenger Conservation 60%
- Messenger Special Projects Limited 100%
- Messenger F.D.D. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There were no contingent liabilities in the group as at 31st March 2025.”
- “No capital commitments as at 31st March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACDONALD, Jane Fiona | Secretary | 2019-02-08 | — | — |
| GIBBONS, Helen Mary | Director | 2019-05-31 | Aug 1964 | British |
| GIBBONS, Paul Anthony | Director | 2019-02-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
| MACDONALD, Jane Fiona | Director | 2019-02-08 | May 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Anthony Gibbons | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-31 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Mary Gibbons | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.