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Company No. 00894340 · Incorporated 19 Dec 1966

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.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 22290Manufacture of other plastic products
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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2024

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£18.3m
Growth ▲37.1%
Profit
£376k
Growth ▲186.9%
Profit margin
2.1%
Gross 19.7%
Employees
147
Change ▲19.5%
Profit / employee
£2.6k
Revenue/employee £124k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)123147
Ratios
Profit margin1%2.1%
Gross margin19.8%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Minority corporate shareholders

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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