Matthews Global Investors (UK) Ltd
Registered name: MATTHEWS GLOBAL INVESTORS (UK) LTD
Matthews Global Investors (UK) Ltd made £2.1m revenue and £138k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Matthews Global Investors (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 17% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £138k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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) | £3m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 | £2.4m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £195k |
| Operating profit | £268k | £242k | £233k | £195k |
| Profit before tax | £271k | £268k | £260k | £202k |
| Profit after tax | £217k | £200k | £202k | £138k |
| Profit (best available) | £217k | £200k | £202k | £138k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £426k | £377k | £434k | £716k |
| Profit per employee | £31.1k | £28.6k | £33.7k | £46.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▼1.5% | ▼17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.9% | ▲1% | ▼31.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼14.3% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £637k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £439k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £992k | £511k | £850k | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £232k | £290k | £271k | £161k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £716k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 84.9%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £439k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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