Ma Exhibitions Limited
Registered name: MA EXHIBITIONS LIMITED
Part of Mark Allen Holdings Limited groupMa Exhibitions Limited made £15.8m revenue and £330k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Ma Exhibitions Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £330k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “activities of exhibition and fair organisers” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “Mark Allen Holdings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £15m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.3m | £11.9m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7k | £1m | £784k |
| Profit after tax | −£127k | £763k | £330k |
| Profit (best available) | −£127k | £763k | £330k |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 66 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 5.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 20.7% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £228k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £11.6k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.7% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼56.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | −£659k | £103k | £170k |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £6m | £5m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £13.4m | £16.4m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £2.3m | £3.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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
- ▲65%
- Now £170k
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mark Allen Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ma Exhibitions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Heelec LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sixth Continent Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sterling Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Ma Business LimitedRev. £12.5m · Profit £672k
- Ma Healthcare Limited.Rev. £11.3m · Profit £1.8m
- Ma Education & Music LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit £1.1m
- Ma Financial Media LtdRev. £4m · Profit −£859k
- Master Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PR Please 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 2024 (profit £330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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