Mark Vitow Limited
Registered name: MARK VITOW LIMITED
Mark Vitow Limited made £13.5m revenue and £271k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Mark Vitow Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £271k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £12.4m | £12.3m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £8.5m | £8.6m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.9m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £766k | £357k | £425k |
| Profit before tax | £994k | £732k | £312k | £387k |
| Profit after tax | £804k | £577k | £219k | £271k |
| Profit (best available) | £804k | £577k | £219k | £271k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 4.7% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 31.3% | 30.1% | 30.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £523k | £477k | £456k | £498k |
| Profit per employee | £30.9k | £22.2k | £8.1k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | −159.4% | −109.4% | 17.1% | −136.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.8% | ▼0.7% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.2% | ▼62.1% | ▲24% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £835k | £883k | £278k | £467k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £44.1k | £162k | £107k | £38k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.6m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £82.8k | £55.4k | £60.4k | £79.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£838k | £61k | −£581k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £498k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −136.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £467k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £79.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼65%
- Now £38k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £271k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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