Long Marsh Limited
Registered name: LONG MARSH LIMITED
Long Marsh Limited made £11.1m revenue and £102k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Long Marsh Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £102k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £11.2m | £11.4m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £7.9m | £9.1m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £3.4m | £2.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £2.3m | £1.2m | £343k |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £2m | £754k | −£161k |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £1.6m | £564k | £102k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £1.6m | £564k | £102k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 48 | 46 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34.8% | 14.2% | 4.9% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 55.6% | 29.9% | 20.4% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £247k | £234k | £248k | £242k |
| Profit per employee | £86k | £33.3k | £12.3k | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | −72.4% | −161% | −311% | −1056% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲1.6% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.7% | ▼64.7% | ▼81.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼4.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £10.3m | £11.7m | £12.1m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £15.8m | £16.8m | £18.1m | £16.8m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £828k | £812k | £907k | £893k |
| Deferred income | £39k | £27.9k | £18.1k | £41k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.8m | −£3.7m | −£3.7m | −£3.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £242k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1056%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 150.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▲126%
- Now £41k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £16.8m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £102k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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