Matthews & Tannert Limited
Registered name: MATTHEWS & TANNERT LIMITED
Part of MRD Holdings Limited groupMatthews & Tannert Limited made £17.1m revenue and £950k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Matthews & Tannert Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £17.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £950k profit and 137 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “Mr S Matthews is the current ultimate controlling party by virtue of his shareholding in the parent company, MRD Holdings Limited.”
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 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £12.2m | £15.2m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £9.6m | £11.3m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £74.4k | £186k | £784k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £63k | £180k | £804k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £51.9k | £145k | £569k | £950k |
| Profit (best available) | £51.9k | £145k | £569k | £950k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 126 | 132 | 137 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 21.6% | 25.4% | 27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.9k | £96.9k | £115k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £455 | £1.2k | £4.3k | £6.9k |
| Cash conversion | −263.4% | −243% | −180.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.8% | ▲24.5% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲179.7% | ▲292.6% | ▲66.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲4.8% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £619k | £705k | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £364k | £495k | £785k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.4m | £4.4m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £825k | £1.4m | £799k | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £379k | £573k | £758k |
| Cash from operations | −£196k | −£451k | −£1.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 137
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £758k
- Fixed assets
- ▲53%
- Now £1.2m
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
- MRD Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Matthews & Tannert Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £950k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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