Kingdom Mercury Limited
Registered name: KINGDOM MERCURY LIMITED
Part of Kingdom Services Group Limited groupKingdom Mercury Limited made £11.2m revenue and a £182k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Kingdom Mercury Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £182k. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Newton-Le-Willows; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton-Le-Willows, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £13.1m | £10.9m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £11.2m | −£9.7m | −£10m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £746k | £1m | £90.3k | −£221k |
| Profit before tax | £744k | £1m | −£923 | −£221k |
| Profit after tax | £599k | £901k | −£16.9k | −£182k |
| Profit (best available) | £599k | £901k | −£16.9k | −£182k |
| Staff costs | £14.5m | £11.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 718 | 838 | 699 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 6.9% | −0.2% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 8.8% | 14% | 11.1% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.7k | £15.6k | £15.6k | — |
| Profit per employee | £834 | £1.1k | −£24 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.2% | ▼16.6% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.5% | ▼101.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▼16.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £655k | £34.2k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £16.5k | £12.3k | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £54.1k | £10k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.8%
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kingdom Services Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- R C Carter Holdings Limited75–100%
- Kingdom Mercury 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£182k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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