Marl International Limited
Registered name: MARL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Glamox As groupMarl International Limited made £8.5m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Marl International Limited’s revenue was £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.2m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Cumbria; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbria, North West
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £4.3m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £1.5m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £2.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £949k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £932k | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £941k | £1m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £941k | £1m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £918k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 65 | 65 | 50 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 24.1% | 25.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 65.3% | 60.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £85.9k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.5k | £20.7k | £37.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 20.9% | 160.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £804k | £895k | £598k | £544k | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1m | £934k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.8m | £3.6m | £4.8m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.4m | £392k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £949k | £1.6m | £735k | £1.5m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | £199k | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 160.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 43.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £934k
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
- Glamox As (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Marl International Holdings Limited75–100%
- Marl International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Consolite Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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