The Mountain Boot Company Limited
Registered name: THE MOUNTAIN BOOT COMPANY LIMITED
Part of MBC Summit Holdings Limited groupThe Mountain Boot Company Limited made £20.8m revenue and £344k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
The Mountain Boot Company Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £20.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £344k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods” and is based in Wallsend; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wallsend, North East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “MBC Summit Holdings Limited is regarded by directors as being the company's parent company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £23.2m | £23.5m | £19.9m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £18.7m | £15.8m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.2m | £717k | £770k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £971k | £384k | £551k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £771k | £283k | £344k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £771k | £283k | £344k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 43 | 42 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 20.6% | 20.8% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £581k | £548k | £474k | £473k |
| Profit per employee | £43.4k | £17.9k | £6.7k | £7.8k |
| Cash conversion | −4.8% | 194.2% | −381.1% | −117.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼15.5% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.6% | ▼63.2% | ▲21.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼2.3% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £601k | £522k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £800k | £742k | £680k | £643k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £11.8m | £10.1m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £217k | £224k | £191k | £115k |
| Cash from operations | −£102k | £2.3m | −£2.7m | −£906k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £473k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −117.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £115k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £643k
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
- MBC Summit Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Mountain Boot Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £344k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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