Merton Enterprises Limited
Registered name: MERTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of The Warden And Scholars Of The House Or College Of Scholars Of Merton In The University Of Oxford groupMerton Enterprises Limited made £629k revenue and £129k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Merton Enterprises Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £629k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £129k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “letting and operating of conference and exhibition centres” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 is controlled by the Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford ('Merton College'), which produces consolidated statements.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £328k | £470k | £681k | £629k |
| Cost of sales | £262k | £399k | £479k | £491k |
| Gross profit | £65.5k | £70.8k | £203k | £138k |
| Operating profit | £62.4k | £64.8k | £195k | £123k |
| Profit before tax | £62.5k | £67.1k | £201k | £129k |
| Profit after tax | £62.5k | £67.1k | £201k | £129k |
| Profit (best available) | £62.5k | £67.1k | £201k | £129k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.1% | 14.3% | 29.5% | 20.6% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 15.1% | 29.7% | 21.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.3% | ▲45.1% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲200.1% | ▼35.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £199k | £375k | £276k | £293k |
| Net assets | £138k | £143k | £277k | £205k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £381k | £611k | £516k | £400k |
| Debtors | £95.2k | £86.7k | £165k | £26.8k |
| Deferred income | £84.8k | £86.7k | £185k | £153k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 24.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £205k
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £293k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £153k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- The Warden And Scholars Of The House Or College Of Scholars Of Merton In The University Of Oxford (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Merton 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £129k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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