Metka - Egn Limited
Registered name: METKA - EGN LIMITED
Part of Metlen Energy And Metals Single Member S.A. groupMetka - Egn Limited made £150m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Metka - Egn Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £150m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £6m profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £158m | £115m | £150m |
| Cost of sales | £144m | £103m | £126m |
| Gross profit | £13.8m | £11.9m | £24.2m |
| Operating profit | £9.3m | £7.6m | £15.3m |
| Profit before tax | £7.7m | £5.8m | £8.7m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £4.4m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £4.4m | £6m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £7.6m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 119 | 139 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 3.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 8.8% | 10.3% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £967k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £97.8k | £37.4k | £43.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27% | ▲30.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.9% | ▲35.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲85.9% | ▲16.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £15.8m | £12.6m | £6.5m |
| Net assets | £16.8m | £21.2m | £27.3m |
| Fixed assets | £323k | £1.3m | £26.7m |
| Current assets | £179m | £227m | £281m |
| Debtors | £20.8m | £23.2m | £33.8m |
| Deferred income | £181k | £592k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £27.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £6.5m
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▲86%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1905%
- Now £26.7m
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
- Metlen Energy And Metals Single Member S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Metka - Egn 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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