A.martin Bunzl Limited
Registered name: A.MARTIN BUNZL LIMITED
Part of Herbert Bidco Limited groupA.martin Bunzl Limited made £23.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
A.martin Bunzl Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £23.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.3m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Bromley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bromley, London
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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. From the filing: “During the year, the immediate parent company became Herbert Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £29.7m | £22.1m | £25.3m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £26.1m | £18.8m | £21.6m | £19.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 7% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 13.3% | 12.2% | 14.9% | 14.7% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.4m | £3m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £174k | £201k | £186k | £176k | £146k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −184.3% | −31.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.3% | ▼25.7% | ▲14.4% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼7.4% | ▼5.3% | ▼25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £6.2m | £9m | £8.4m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £13.4m | £15.5m | £16.6m | £17.3m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £142k | £121k | £84.3k | £6.2k | £200k |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £17.2m | £18.1m | £19.1m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £6.6m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £805k | £840k | £639k | £1m | £900k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£3.8m | −£603k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £146k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- 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
- ▼38%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £900k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3133%
- Now £200k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Herbert Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A.martin Bunzl Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Herbartin LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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