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Company No. 00918800 · Incorporated 19 Oct 1967

Motivair Compressors Limited

Registered name: MOTIVAIR COMPRESSORS LIMITED

Part of March Midco Limited group

Motivair Compressors Limited made £12.9m revenue and £917k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.

Motivair Compressors Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £12.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £917k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Burntwood; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Burntwood, West Midlands
Age
58 yrs · since 1967
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£12.9m
Growth ▼1.1%
Profit
£917k
Growth ▼29.4%
Profit margin
7.1%
Gross 58.3%
Employees
96
Change ▲3.2%
Profit / employee
£9.6k
Revenue/employee £134k
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 202231 Mar 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13m£12.9m
Cost of sales£5.4m£5.4m
Gross profit£7.6m£7.5m
Operating profit£927k£623k
Profit before tax£889k£595k
Profit after tax£1.3m£917k
Profit (best available)£1.3m£917k
Staff costs£4.3m£4.3m
Employees (average)9396
Ratios
Profit margin10%7.1%
Gross margin58.3%58.3%
Revenue per employee£140k£134k
Profit per employee£14k£9.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.1%
Profit growth—▼29.4%
Headcount growth—▲3.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£397k£200k
Net assets£912k£1.8m
Fixed assets£253k£234k
Current assets£4.3m£5.1m
Debtors£2m£2.5m
Deferred income£353k£769k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
58.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£134k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.2%
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
▲101%
Now £1.8m
Cash at bank
▼50%
Now £200k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 96
Deferred income
▲118%
Now £769k
Fixed assets
▼8%
Now £234k

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

Ownership chain

  1. March Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. March Holdco Limited75–100%
  3. March Bidco Limited75–100%
  4. Express Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. March (Group) Limited75–100%
  6. Motivair Compressors Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (12)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £917k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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