JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£164M
+27.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£69M
+21.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,586
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£22M
+130.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,001,733,000 | £951,465,000 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £6,135,000 | £17,502,000 | +185.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,565,000 | £22,055,000 | +130.6% | |
| Net profit | £7,159,000 | £16,601,000 | +131.9% | |
| Cash | £127,976,000 | £163,702,000 | +27.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,572,000 | £87,261,000 | +21.9% | |
| Net assets | £56,342,000 | £68,658,000 | +21.9% | |
| Equity | £56,342,000 | £68,658,000 | +21.9% | |
| Average employees | 1,612 | 1,586 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £92,171,000 | £95,297,000 | +3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,300,000 | £3,558,000 | +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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 20.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 84.04x | — |
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
- JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2012-07-31 → present
- JOHN GRAHAM (DROMORE) LIMITED 1955-03-29 → 2012-07-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and carrying out a review of these forecasts, the directors are satisfied that the group and company has sufficient cash and liquidity headroom to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due for the period to 30 September 2026 and therefore a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- Graham Projects Limited 100%
- Irish Waterways Limited 100%
- Northwin Holdings (Belfast) Limited 100%
- Northwin Developments (Belfast) Limited 100%
- John Graham Construction (Healthcare) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2025 John Graham Construction Limited was served with a HSE NI summons commencing a prosecution of the company for a Health and Safety offence arising out of the fatality of an employee of a subcontractor on 26th January 2022. John Graham Construction Limited believes it has strong grounds on which to defend the single charge laid against it.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILL, Andrew Kerr | Director | 1997-07-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| GRAHAM, Michael Edward James | Director | 1994-01-21 | Feb 1964 | British |
| HALL, Jonathan James | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| HILL, Stephen | Director | 2025-07-07 | Nov 1975 | British |
| HOWIE, Christopher John | Director | 2025-07-07 | Oct 1976 | Northern Irish |
| LYNCH, Mark Alexander | Director | 2025-11-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| MCCORMICK, Courtney Peter | Director | 2014-09-16 | Sep 1978 | Northern Irish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Alistair John | Secretary | — | 2025-06-30 |
| BILL, Alan Kernohan | Director | 1994-01-21 | 2022-10-31 |
| CLARKE, Ronald Joseph | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2019-04-30 |
| CREIGHTON, Steven Henry | Director | 2007-08-22 | 2014-09-16 |
| GIBSON, Mark | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-07-28 |
| GRAHAM, Colin John | Director | — | 2007-03-30 |
| GRAHAM, James E | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| HOLMES, Gary | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| MARK, Robert Wilson | Director | — | 2004-02-11 |
| MARTIN, Leo Joseph | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| MCDONALD, Alistair John | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2025-06-30 |
| WATTERS, David Samuel | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2007-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.