Marlborough Investment Management Limited
Registered name: MARLBOROUGH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of U F C Fund Management PLC groupMarlborough Investment Management Limited made £11.3m revenue and £277k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Marlborough Investment Management Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £277k profit and 2,006 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Bolton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 parent company is Marlborough Group Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £1m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £228k | £203k |
| Profit before tax | £708k | £531k |
| Profit after tax | £512k | £277k |
| Profit (best available) | £512k | £277k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2,006 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 80% | 91.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £5.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £138 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.5m | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £9.5m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £11.3m |
| Debtors | £199k | £232k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £138
- 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
- 14.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2,006
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- U F C Fund Management PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Marlborough Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Marlborough Investment Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Marlborough Investment Management(Uk)limitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (12)
- Investment Fund Services LimitedRev. £108m · Profit £744k
- Ifsl Platform Service Providers LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ifsl Platform Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ifsl Professional Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kernow Wealth Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlborough Asset Managers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd.Rev. — · Profit −£4k
- Marlborough Nominee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlborough Partnership LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MFM Unit Trust Managers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moorstone Wealth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Philotas LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £277k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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