Augustus Martin Limited
Registered name: AUGUSTUS MARTIN LIMITED
Augustus Martin Limited made £33.9m revenue and £736k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Augustus Martin Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £33.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £736k profit and 189 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Bromley-by-Bow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bromley-by-Bow, London
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- 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 is owned and controlled by M. Barrow.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £27.7m | £29.3m | £31.3m | £33.9m |
| Cost of sales | £23.4m | £24.6m | £23.3m | £24.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.7m | £7.9m | £9.2m |
| Operating profit | −£4.5m | −£4.1m | −£147k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £376k | −£2.5m | £1.4m | £793k |
| Profit after tax | £837k | −£2m | £1.7m | £736k |
| Profit (best available) | £837k | −£2m | £1.7m | £736k |
| Employees (average) | 207 | 203 | 191 | 189 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | −6.9% | 5.3% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 16% | 25.4% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £144k | £164k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | −£9.9k | £8.7k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲6.6% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼341.2% | — | ▼56% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▼5.9% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £56.6k | £190k | £62.6k | £403k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £1.3m | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £5m | £4.2m | £4m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £9.6m | £10m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £7.7m | £7.5m | £8.4m | £10.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1m | £1.4m | £998k |
| Cash from operations | £2.8m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲544%
- Now £403k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 189
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £998k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £736k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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