Marton Mills Company Limited
Registered name: MARTON MILLS COMPANY LIMITED
Marton Mills Company Limited made £7.5m revenue and £242k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Marton Mills Company Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £243k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “weaving of textiles” and is based in Otley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Otley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 94 yrs · since 1931
- 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) | £8.9m | £9.9m | £7.9m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £7.2m | £6.4m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £266k | £311k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £282k | £321k |
| Profit after tax | £935k | £919k | £180k | £243k |
| Profit (best available) | £935k | £919k | £180k | £243k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 59 | 52 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 9.3% | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 26.9% | 19.7% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £168k | £152k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | £15.6k | £3.5k | £5.1k |
| Cash conversion | −33.1% | −62.2% | −449.8% | −215.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼20.1% | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼80.5% | ▲35% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▼11.9% | ▼7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £479k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.4m | £7.6m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.5m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £98k | £114k | £256k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | −£368k | −£780k | −£1.2m | −£671k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −215.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £479k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▼60%
- Now £104k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3.2m
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 £243k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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