Stubbins Marketing Limited
Registered name: STUBBINS MARKETING LIMITED
Stubbins Marketing Limited made £5.5m revenue and £190k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stubbins Marketing Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £5.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £190k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £496k | £1.2m | £935k | £858k |
| Operating profit | £593k | £2.2m | £1.6m | £339k |
| Profit before tax | £530k | £2.2m | £1.6m | £345k |
| Profit after tax | £530k | £2.2m | £1.6m | £190k |
| Profit (best available) | £530k | £2.2m | £1.6m | £190k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 58 | 60 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | 46.9% | 34.2% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 24.7% | 19.7% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £88.9k | £80.6k | £79.3k | £78.3k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £37.8k | £27.1k | £2.7k |
| Cash conversion | −229.1% | −118.9% | −90.5% | −46.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲1.8% | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲314.3% | ▼25.8% | ▼88.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲3.5% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £12.3m | £11.9m | £12.9m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £10.5m | £10.6m | £10.7m | £10.9m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £3m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £113k | £97k | £94.4k | £81.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£2.6m | −£1.5m | −£157k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −46.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 198.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £10.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £190k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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