Marlborough College Enterprises Limited
Registered name: MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of Marlborough College groupMarlborough College Enterprises Limited made £1.4m revenue and £304k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Marlborough College Enterprises Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £304k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Wilts; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wilts, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£921k | −£932k | −£920k |
| Gross profit | £416k | £408k | £474k |
| Operating profit | £187k | £193k | £304k |
| Profit before tax | £187k | £193k | £304k |
| Profit after tax | £187k | £193k | £304k |
| Profit (best available) | £187k | £193k | £304k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14% | 14.4% | 21.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 30.4% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £149k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £21.4k | £33.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3% | ▲57.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.7k
- 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 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Marlborough College (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Marlborough College Enterprises 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 accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £304k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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