Martin Services Limited
Registered name: MARTIN SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Care & Recreation Holdings Limited groupMartin Services Limited made £687k revenue and £181k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Martin Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £687k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £181k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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: “Care & Recreation 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £177k | £182k | £584k | £687k |
| Operating profit | −£28.2k | −£59.1k | −£45.5k | −£13.3k |
| Profit before tax | £82k | £209k | £275k | £242k |
| Profit after tax | £66.5k | £157k | £206k | £181k |
| Profit (best available) | £66.5k | £157k | £206k | £181k |
| Staff costs | £115k | £120k | £96.6k | £96k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 37.7% | 86.3% | 35.3% | 26.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.9k | £60.8k | £195k | £229k |
| Profit per employee | £22.2k | £52.5k | £68.7k | £60.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲220.2% | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲136.7% | ▲30.9% | ▼12% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £170k | £788k | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £518k | £676k | £882k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | — | £17.9k | £15.7k | £13.4k |
| Current assets | — | £6.2m | £6.5m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £5.4m | £5m | £4.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £229k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 648.5%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲48%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £13.4k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Care & Recreation Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Martin Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Vinewood LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £1.7m
- The Collegiate Formation LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£10k
- Queen Ethelburga's Classic Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ryanhouse Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thorpe Underwood 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 Aug 2025 (profit £181k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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