Martin-Brower UK Ltd
Registered name: MARTIN-BROWER UK LTD
Martin-Brower UK Ltd made £7.1bn revenue and £12.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Martin-Brower UK Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £7.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.4m profit and 4,590 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1bn | £6.8bn | £7.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£6.8bn | −£6.6bn | −£6.8bn |
| Gross profit | £224m | £228m | £233m |
| Operating profit | £11.9m | £15.9m | £19.9m |
| Profit before tax | £10.6m | £15.6m | £19.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | £9.8m | £12.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | £9.8m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 4,682 | 4,591 | 4,590 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £2.1k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲81.1% | ▲26.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▼0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 4,590
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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