MUIR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
+42.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+7.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
79
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.8m
+116.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-04 | 2025-02-02 | 2026-02-01 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,574,000 | £59,602,000 | £85,735,000 | +43.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,131,000 | £1,601,000 | £4,299,000 | +168.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,740,000 | £2,199,000 | £4,764,000 | +116.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,698,000 | £2,306,000 | £2,878,000 | +24.8% | |
| Cash | £3,276,000 | £7,493,000 | £10,677,000 | +42.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,350,000 | £12,549,000 | £13,495,000 | +7.5% | |
| Net assets | £11,945,000 | £12,251,000 | £13,129,000 | +7.2% | |
| Equity | £11,945,000 | £12,251,000 | £13,129,000 | +7.2% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 80 | 79 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £4,474,000 | £4,770,000 | £4,922,000 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £657,000 | £676,000 | £891,000 | +31.8% |
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 | 2024-02-04 | 2025-02-02 | 2026-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 2.7% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.9% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 12.8% | 31.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.50x | 1.43x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a going concern assessment for a period covering at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, indicating that the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the going concern period. Directors are confident the company will continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATT, John Shearer Hardie | Secretary | 2025-10-05 | — | — |
| CUNNINGHAM, Martin | Director | 2021-04-23 | Nov 1965 | British |
| FAIRWEATHER, David | Director | 2016-08-15 | Aug 1962 | British |
| MUIR, Alan Crawford | Director | — | Nov 1959 | British |
| MUIR, Christina | Director | — | Feb 1935 | British |
| MUIR, John Wood | Director | — | May 1936 | British |
| REEL, Patrick Joseph Eamon | Director | 2016-08-15 | Nov 1972 | British |
| SWAN, Niki | Director | 2025-04-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAM, Derek Laurence | Secretary | 2023-09-15 | 2025-10-05 |
| CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| MUIR, Christina | Secretary | 1996-03-22 | 1999-06-14 |
| WATT, John Shearer Hardie | Secretary | 1999-06-14 | 2023-09-15 |
| ATKINSON, Michael Carl | Director | — | 1991-10-04 |
| DONALDSON, Gordon | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| KEITH, Andrew | Director | 1999-05-04 | 1999-07-13 |
| MUIR, David | Director | — | 1996-10-23 |
| MUIR, Ronald William | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2025-05-02 |
| MURDOCH, Thomas Fleming | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| PATERSON, Craig George | Director | 2016-08-15 | 2017-11-21 |
| SEARLE, Alan Findlay | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| SMITH, Martin | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Wood Muir | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.