Marden Edwards Limited
Registered name: MARDEN EDWARDS LIMITED
Marden Edwards Limited made £14.4m revenue and £283k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Marden Edwards Limited’s revenue fell 34% to £14.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £283k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Wimborne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wimborne, South West
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1931
- 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: “Marden Edwards Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.8m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £638k | £352k |
| Profit before tax | £617k | £283k |
| Profit after tax | £617k | £283k |
| Profit (best available) | £617k | £283k |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 153 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 37% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼32% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £589k | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £401k | £341k |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- 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
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲943%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▼32%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £341k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wraps (UK) 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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