Martlane Limited
Registered name: MARTLANE LIMITED
Part of Abbey Total Care Group Limited groupMartlane Limited made £8.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Martlane Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £8.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 167 employees. The company is classified under “residential nursing care facilities” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company in both years was Abbey Total Care Group Ltd, which owns 95% of the share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 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) | £4.6m | £5.1m | £6.7m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £3.3m | £4m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.7m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £914k | £1m | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £850k | £922k | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £729k | £734k | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £729k | £734k | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 109 | 128 | 167 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.7% | 14.3% | 17.6% | 21% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 36.2% | 39.9% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.6k | £47k | £52.5k | £53k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £6.7k | £9.3k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲31.3% | ▲31.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲61.4% | ▲57.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲17.4% | ▲30.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £760k | £770k | £286k | £17.9k |
| Net assets | £14.1m | £15.6m | £16.8m | £18.7m |
| Fixed assets | £22.8m | £25.8m | £27.7m | £29.2m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £933k | £723k |
| Debtors | £386k | £365k | £589k | £521k |
| Deferred income | £245k | £240k | £15.9k | £18.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 330.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £18.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £17.9k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 167
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £18.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £29.2m
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
- Abbey Total Care Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Martlane Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- Onetree Estates LimitedRev. £7.5m · Profit £1.7m
- Moreland House Care Home LimitedRev. £6.6m · Profit £1.8m
- Planshore LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.9m
- Abbey Ravenscroft Park LimitedRev. £5.3m · Profit £852k
- Abbey Uplands Care Home LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £526k
- Abbey Care Complex LimitedRev. £3.4m · Profit £783k
- Abbey Care Centre LimitedRev. — · Profit £376k
- Abbey Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abbey Cheam Centre LtdFigures not disclosed
- Abbey Staff Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abbey Total Community Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Devi (London) Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newvalley Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Parkside Nursing Home LimitedRev. — · Profit £164k
- Ryedowns LimitedRev. — · Profit £491k
- Woodlands Total Care Nursing Home LimitedRev. — · Profit £618k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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