Motivair Compressors Limited
Registered name: MOTIVAIR COMPRESSORS LIMITED
Part of March Midco Limited groupMotivair 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.
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full 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) | 93 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- March Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- March Holdco Limited75–100%
- March Bidco Limited75–100%
- Express Bidco Limited75–100%
- March (Group) Limited75–100%
- Motivair Compressors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
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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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