The Mortar and Screed Company Limited
Registered name: THE MORTAR AND SCREED COMPANY LIMITED
The Mortar and Screed Company Limited made £13.7m revenue and a £172k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Mortar and Screed Company Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £172k and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cement” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £14.8m | £14.1m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £13m | £12.7m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £943k | £1.9m | £1.4m | £888k |
| Profit before tax | £634k | £1.1m | £476k | −£194k |
| Profit after tax | £531k | £1m | £319k | −£172k |
| Profit (best available) | £531k | £1m | £319k | −£172k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 65 | 63 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 7% | 2.3% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 8% | 12.5% | 10.1% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £228k | £224k | £214k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £16k | £5.1k | −£2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.9% | ▼4.8% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲96.5% | ▼69.4% | ▼154% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼3.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £791k | £144k | £20.6k | £3.2k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £7.9m | £8.5m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £3.1m | £56.1k | £2.3m | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £214k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 57.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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 £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £3.2k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £7.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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