WW Martin Ltd
Registered name: WW MARTIN LTD
Part of WW Martin Group Ltd groupWW Martin Ltd made £2.8m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
WW Martin Ltd reported £2.8m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025, up 74% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 95 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Kent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.5m | £50.1m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £38.4m | £45.9m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 97 | 96 | 95 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 3.3% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 8.4% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £457k | £517k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £15.7k | £17.2k | £17k | £30k |
| Cash conversion | 240.9% | 141.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.9% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼2.1% | ▲74.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼1% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.3m | £10.9m | £11m | £13.9m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.7m | £6.9m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £19.8m | £17.4m | £22.7m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £6m | £1.3m | £6m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £5.4m | £7.1m | £7.8m | £7.5m |
| Cash from operations | £3.6m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30k
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £13.9m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 95
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £7.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲69%
- Now £3.2m
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
- WW Martin Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- WW Martin Holdings Limited75–100%
- WW Martin Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- WWM Civils LimitedRev. £9m · Profit £931k
- K R S Interiors LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £433k
- East Kent Brickwork LtdRev. £1.6m · Profit −£3.2k
- WWM Plant Hire LtdRev. £555k · Profit £48.4k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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