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Company No. 01215692 · Incorporated 11 Jun 1975

Marleton Cross Limited

Registered name: MARLETON CROSS LIMITED

Part of Brand K Holdings Ltd group

Marleton Cross Limited made £17.9m revenue and a £908k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.

Marleton Cross Limited’s revenue was £17.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £908k and 147 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites” and is based in Sywell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 17220Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
Status
Active
Location
Sywell, East Midlands
Age
51 yrs · since 1975
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.

Latest accounts · year to 28 Feb 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£17.9m
Growth —
Profit
−£908k
Growth —
Profit margin
−5.1%
Gross 18.8%
Employees
147
Change —
Profit / employee
−£6.2k
Revenue/employee £121k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202229 Feb 202428 Feb 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.6m£23.3m£17.9m
Cost of sales£18.7m£19m£14.5m
Gross profit£2m£4.2m£3.4m
Operating profit−£2.4m−£1.4m−£761k
Profit before tax−£2.6m−£228k−£879k
Profit after tax−£2.6m£551k−£908k
Profit (best available)−£2.6m£551k−£908k
Staff costs£5.2m£6.3m£5.2m
Employees (average)167154147
Ratios
Profit margin−12.5%2.4%−5.1%
Gross margin9.5%18.1%18.8%
Revenue per employee£123k£151k£121k
Profit per employee−£15.4k£3.6k−£6.2k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£622£263k£357k
Net assets−£2.2m−£165k−£1.1m
Fixed assets£2.7m£2.2m£1.7m
Current assets£5.6m£5.3m£4.6m
Debtors£4.4m£3.2m£3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−5.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£121k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£6.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 −£1.1m
Cash at bank
—
Now £357k
Headcount
—
Now 147
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now £1.7m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Brand K Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Brand K Ltd75–100%
  3. Marleton Cross Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (11)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£908k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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