Earthline Limited
Registered name: EARTHLINE LIMITED
Part of Earthline Exchange Limited groupEarthline Limited made £37.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Earthline Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £37.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 192 employees. The company is classified under “operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin” and is based in Marlborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlborough, South West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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: “The immediate parent company is Earthline Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £41.4m | £43.6m | £37.4m | £37.7m |
| Cost of sales | £25.3m | £28.7m | £24.8m | £24m |
| Gross profit | £16.1m | £14.9m | £12.6m | £13.8m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £4.7m | £2m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £3.9m | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £3.3m | £935k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £3.3m | £935k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £9.2m | £9m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 200 | 199 | 194 | 192 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 7.5% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 38.9% | 34.1% | 33.7% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £219k | £193k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £16.4k | £4.8k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▼14.3% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▼71.3% | ▲44.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼2.5% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £7m | £8.6m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £7.9m | £6.5m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £22.7m | £22m | £20m | £18.9m |
| Current assets | £15.6m | £21.6m | £21.5m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £8.2m | £9.6m | £8.9m | £7.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼84%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 192
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £18.9m
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
- Earthline Exchange Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Earthline Holdings Limited75–100%
- Earthline 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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