MURPHY PLANT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£37M
+43.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14M
+14.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MURPHY PLANT LIMITED 2016-10-21 → present
- J. MURPHY & SONS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 2016-10-21
- D.S.M. (SEALING) LIMITED 1970-08-05 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,872,216 | £104,971,819 | |
| Operating profit | £14,183,147 | £16,064,465 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,061,563 | £13,851,873 | |
| Net profit | £9,307,480 | £11,095,768 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,392,746 | £47,811,024 | |
| Net assets | £25,404,473 | £36,500,241 | |
| Equity | £25,404,473 | £36,500,241 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.5% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.71x | 0.74x | |
| Interest cover | 6.69x | 7.26x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the confirmation of support received from J. Murphy & Sons Limited, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In April 2024, the Company entered into a £25m committed credit facility with Lombard, a subsidiary of the NatWest Group plc. This three-year facility will help to ensure the Group can continue to invest in new plant equipment in the UK. As of 31 December 2024, the Company had drawn down £nil, leaving £25m available.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, John Patrick | Secretary | 2012-01-10 | — | British |
| CARPENTER, Michael David | Director | 2019-03-25 | Jun 1983 | British |
| LEDWIDGE, Joseph John | Director | 2021-02-01 | May 1970 | British |
| MURPHY, John Paul | Director | 2018-05-29 | Nov 1979 | Irish |
| SUGRUE, Brendan | Director | 2024-02-06 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTEN, William Paul | Secretary | 2000-04-05 | 2012-01-10 |
| O'CONNELL, Michael | Secretary | — | 2000-04-05 |
| ANDERSON, Peter Stuart | Director | 2018-05-29 | 2019-12-31 |
| BURKE, David Anthony | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2020-09-23 |
| DAWSON, Leslie William | Director | 2012-01-10 | 2014-11-01 |
| HOLLINGSHEAD, Stephen | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2018-05-28 |
| KEANE, Thaddeus | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| KELLETT, Russell Guy | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2019-02-01 |
| MCNAMEE, Peter | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| MURPHY, Bernard Joseph | Director | 2008-09-18 | 2018-05-29 |
| MURPHY, Eamonn | Director | — | 2008-05-31 |
| MURPHY, John | Director | — | 2009-05-07 |
| NI MHURCHADHA, Caroline | Director | 2008-09-18 | 2011-06-17 |
| O'CONNELL, Michael | Director | — | 2009-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Murphy & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+13%
£92,872,216 £104,971,819
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+43.7%
£25,404,473 £36,500,241
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+13.3%
£14,183,147 £16,064,465
-
Profit before tax
+14.8%
£12,061,563 £13,851,873
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers