Macartney UK Limited
Registered name: MACARTNEY UK LIMITED
Macartney UK Limited made £21.4m revenue and £853k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Macartney UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £21.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £853k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.8m | £17.6m | £22m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £11.8m | −£14.4m | −£13.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5.9m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £510k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £510k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £413k | £906k | £919k | £853k |
| Profit (best available) | £413k | £906k | £919k | £853k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 56 | 59 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 33.4% | 34.4% | 38.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £250k | £315k | £373k | £362k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £16.2k | £15.6k | £14.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.4% | ▲24.6% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲119.7% | ▲1.4% | ▼7.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲5.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £273k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £281k | £231k | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £6.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £72k | £65k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £362k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £853k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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