Manchester Urban Finance Corporation Limited
Registered name: MANCHESTER URBAN FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED
Part of Manchester Urban Finance Corporation (Eot) Limited groupManchester Urban Finance Corporation Limited made £30m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Manchester Urban Finance Corporation Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £30m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £3.5m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Sale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sale, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29m | £40.6m | £21.8m | £30m |
| Cost of sales | £23.3m | £29.8m | £15.6m | −£22.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £10.8m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £7.2m | £4.1m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £7.2m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £5.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £5.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 40 | 39 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 13.1% | 14.7% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 26.6% | 28.5% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £630k | £1m | £559k | £909k |
| Profit per employee | £63.8k | £133k | £82.3k | £105k |
| Cash conversion | 113.3% | 135.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40% | ▼46.2% | ▲37.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.7% | ▼39.5% | ▲7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13% | ▼2.5% | ▼15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £9.9m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £14.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £7.2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | — | £1.5m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £4.3m | £9.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £909k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £105k
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Manchester Urban Finance Corporation (Eot) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Manchester Urban Finance Corporation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Abs Brymar Floors LimitedRev. £40.5m · Profit £369k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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