Marson Garages (Wolstanton) Limited
Registered name: MARSON GARAGES (WOLSTANTON) LIMITED
Part of Marson Garages Holdings Limited groupMarson Garages (Wolstanton) Limited made £10.5m revenue and £85.8k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Marson Garages (Wolstanton) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £85.8k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Newcastle Under Lyme; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Under Lyme, West Midlands
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Marson Garages Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is Tern Hill Hall, Tern Hill, Market Dray”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £11.8m | £10.7m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £10.5m | £9.5m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £268k | £148k | £23.7k | £85.4k |
| Profit before tax | £968k | £183k | £77.9k | £22.2k |
| Profit after tax | £793k | £160k | £133k | £85.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £793k | £160k | £133k | £85.8k |
| Staff costs | £640k | £699k | £785k | £876k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 12% |
| Revenue per employee | £546k | £537k | £429k | £421k |
| Profit per employee | £39.6k | £7.3k | £5.3k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼9.3% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.9% | ▼16.8% | ▼35.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲13.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £498k | £393k | £355k | £677k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Debtors | £238k | £194k | £158k | £206k |
| Deferred income | £12.7k | £23.4k | £65.4k | £42.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £421k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.7%
- 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
- 2%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £677k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £42.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Marson Garages Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Marson Garages (Wolstanton) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Showhome Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Martec Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tern Hill Hall 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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £85.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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