Mercona (G.B.) Limited
Registered name: MERCONA (G.B.) LIMITED
Mercona (G.B.) Limited made £26.4m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Mercona (G.B.) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £26.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Company’s immediate parent undertaking is Emil Kiessling GmbH, a company registered in Germany. The Company’s ultimate parent undertaking is Reichardt Expertise Fur Kosmetik GmBH & Co KG (Holding)”
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) | £21m | £25.1m | £25.7m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19.2m | £21.6m | £20.6m | £20.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £3.5m | £5.2m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | −£230k | £1m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£342k | £816k | £3m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£274k | £626k | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£274k | £626k | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.3% | 2.5% | 8.8% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 13.9% | 20.2% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £953k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | −£12.4k | £28.4k | £104k | £111k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.6% | ▲2.7% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲264.3% | ▲17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £719k | £440k | £3.9k | £5.3k |
| Net assets | £898k | £1.5m | £3.8m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £21.5k | £18.5k | £14.4k | £14.6k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £9.1m | £10.8m | £9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £295k | £502k | £358k | £516k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £111k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▲70%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £5.3k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £516k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £14.6k
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 £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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