Marston Properties Limited
Registered name: MARSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED
Part of Marston Properties Holdings Limited groupMarston Properties Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £5.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Marston Properties Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £5.1m and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m | £7.9m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £1.7m | −£2.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £6.2m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | −£6.4m | −£6.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£4.3m | −£5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£4.3m | −£5.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 31 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −33.8% | −55.1% | −59% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | 78.5% | 75.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £254k | £278k |
| Profit per employee | −£74.1k | −£140k | −£164k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.7m | — |
| Net assets | £129m | £124m | — |
| Fixed assets | £181m | £175m | — |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £2.9m | — |
| Debtors | £304k | £169k | — |
| Deferred income | £821k | £613k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −59%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£164k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Marston Properties Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Marston Properties Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- 145 Strand LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kewferry Hill LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marston Life 24 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marston Properties 2025 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Square Yard LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W.J. Marston & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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