Mergon UK Limited
Registered name: MERGON UK LIMITED
Mergon UK Limited made £18.3m revenue and £376k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Mergon UK Limited’s revenue grew 37% to £18.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £376k profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1966
- 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 parent company is Westcastle Topco Limited, a company incorporated in Jersey (registration number 130255). Its registered address is 22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE4 8P”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £207k | £644k |
| Profit before tax | £160k | £503k |
| Profit after tax | £131k | £376k |
| Profit (best available) | £131k | £376k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲186.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £602k | £732k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £654k | £917k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £732k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £917k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £2.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Elysian Capital GP II LLP 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £376k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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