Group M Services Limited
Registered name: GROUP M SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Walton Asset Management Limited groupGroup M Services Limited made £10.5m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Group M Services Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £10.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.7m profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Derby; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “At the balance sheet date, the immediate and ultimate parent company is Media”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2021 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £11.6m | £10.4m | £9.1m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3.7m | £1.6m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £113k | £3.9m | £3.6m | £1.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £113k | £3.2m | £2.8m | £766k | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £113k | £3.2m | £2.8m | £766k | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £887k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 27.7% | 26.6% | 8.4% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £312k | £402k | £335k | £313k | £375k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £111k | £89k | £26.4k | £97.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▼11% | ▼12.5% | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2770% | ▼14.6% | ▼72.2% | ▲256.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.7% | ▲6.9% | ▼6.5% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £3.7m | £2.5m | £3.6m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £379k | £3.6m | £2.4m | £1.6m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4m | £6.1m | £32k | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £26.2m | £15.8m | £15.2m | £13.9m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £23.4m | £12.2m | £0 | £51.8k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £879k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £375k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £97.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 77.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲167%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £879k
- Fixed assets
- ▲25241%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Walton Asset Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Group M Services 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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