Mardon Limited
Registered name: MARDON LIMITED
Mardon Limited made £19m revenue and £507k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Mardon Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £19m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £507k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “marine fishing” and is based in Lancaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancaster, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Mardon Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.6m | £20.1m | £18.1m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £15.4m | £17.3m | £15.5m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £715k | £909k | £772k | £925k |
| Profit before tax | £632k | £763k | £642k | £681k |
| Profit after tax | £474k | £585k | £479k | £507k |
| Profit (best available) | £474k | £585k | £479k | £507k |
| Staff costs | £712k | £984k | £893k | £887k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 12% | 13.9% | 14% | 13.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £31.6k | £41.8k | £29.9k | £31.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▼10.3% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.4% | ▼18.1% | ▲5.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £321k | £620k | £480k | £189k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £643k | £644k | £651k | £844k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £7.1m | £6.9m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £447k | £629k | £786k | £449k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £189k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £449k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £844k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mardon Havstor LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Brixham Trawler Agents LimitedSouth Devon · Marine fishing
- Revenue
- £19.3m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 75
- S.F.F. Services LimitedMarine fishing
- Revenue
- £16.4m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 31
- W. Stevenson & Sons LimitedPenzance · Marine fishing
- Revenue
- £9.1m
- Profit
- £153k
- Staff
- 63
- Klondyke Fishing Company LimitedFraserburgh · Marine fishing
- Revenue
- £55.1m
- Profit
- £27.7m
- Staff
- 9
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £507k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.