Marposs Limited
Registered name: MARPOSS LIMITED
Marposs Limited made £5.5m revenue and £188k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Marposs Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £5.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £188k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £7.4m | £6.6m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £96.9k | £526k | £224k | £114k |
| Profit before tax | £104k | £590k | £332k | £253k |
| Profit after tax | £84.5k | £448k | £248k | £188k |
| Profit (best available) | £84.5k | £448k | £248k | £188k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 23.6% | 21% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £221k | £352k | £331k | £273k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £21.4k | £12.4k | £9.4k |
| Cash conversion | 151.9% | −79.5% | 974.5% | −85.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.7% | ▼10.4% | ▼17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲430.8% | ▼44.7% | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼4.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £3.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £557k | £587k | £581k | £572k |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £8.1m | £6.9m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.6m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £280k | £153k | £146k | £222k |
| Cash from operations | £147k | −£419k | £2.2m | −£97.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £273k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −85.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 46.7%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £222k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £572k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £188k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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