MECALAC CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£329K
-111.4% vs 2023
Employees
126
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+15.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company recorded a loss of £3,207,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024 and was in a net liability position. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on intercompany funding, a debt factoring facility, and the takeover of its parent, Groupe Mecalac SAS, by the Fayat Group. These circumstances indicate a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | £49,054,000 | £30,108,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,734,000 | -£3,850,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,804,000 | -£3,207,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,804,000 | -£3,207,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £2,133,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,878,000 | -£329,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,878,000 | -£329,000 | |
| Equity | £2,878,000 | -£329,000 | |
| Average employees | 128 | 126 | |
| Wages | £5,741,000 | £4,482,000 |
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 | -7.6% | -12.8% | |
| Net margin | -7.8% | -10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -129.7% | 1170.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | -53.34x | -23.77x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company recorded a loss of £3,207,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024 and was in a net liability position. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on intercompany funding, a debt factoring facility, and the takeover of its parent, Groupe Mecalac SAS, by the Fayat Group. These circumstances indicate a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On March 3, 2025, the FAYAT Group announced its agreement to acquire the Mecalac Group, a French manufacturer specializing in compact construction equipment. The transaction is contingent upon regulatory approval and is expected to conclude by mid-2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTIER, Gregory | Director | 2025-06-10 | Jul 1983 | French |
| DAVIES, Heath | Director | 2025-09-22 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEPINE, Eric | Director | 2019-08-26 | 2025-09-22 |
| MARCHETTA, Alexandre | Director | 2019-08-26 | 2025-06-10 |
| MARCHETTA, Henri | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2023-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayat Group Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-10 | Active |
| Groupe Mecalac S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-38.6%
£49,054,000 £30,108,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
-111.4%
£2,878,000 -£329,000
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Employees
-1.6%
128 126
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Operating profit
-3.1%
-£3,734,000 -£3,850,000
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Profit before tax
+15.7%
-£3,804,000 -£3,207,000
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Wages
-21.9%
£5,741,000 £4,482,000
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