Marine Super Store Limited
Registered name: MARINE SUPER STORE LIMITED
Marine Super Store Limited made £11m revenue and £620k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Marine Super Store Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £11m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £620k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.9m | £10.6m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £883k | £758k | £822k |
| Profit before tax | — | £864k | £761k | £843k |
| Profit after tax | — | £682k | £559k | £620k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £682k | £559k | £620k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.3% | 26.3% | 26.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £436k | £425k | £423k |
| Profit per employee | — | £27.3k | £22.4k | £23.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −81.7% | −93.5% | −99.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼2.4% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18.1% | ▲10.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | 0% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £786k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.1m | £5.6m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.4m | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £15.2k | £22.2k | £12.3k | £13k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£721k | −£709k | −£815k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £423k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −99.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £620k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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