George Martin Limited
Registered name: GEORGE MARTIN LIMITED
Part of Laindon Holdings Limited groupGeorge Martin Limited made £2.1m revenue and £9.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
George Martin Limited’s revenue fell 73% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £9.8k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Basildon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £7.5m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £6.4m | −£1.6m |
| Gross profit | £380k | £1.1m | £419k |
| Operating profit | −£2k | £699k | £12.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£4.8k | £699k | £12.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5k | £524k | £9.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5k | £524k | £9.8k |
| Staff costs | £185k | £231k | — |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 7% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 15.2% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £623k | £1.9m | £514k |
| Profit per employee | −£872 | £131k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲201.8% | ▼72.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼98.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £182 | £182 | — |
| Net assets | −£1.4m | −£912k | — |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £7.7m | — |
| Debtors | £4.1k | £3.3k | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £52.3k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £514k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laindon Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- George Martin Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £9.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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