Meridian Reading Limited
Registered name: MERIDIAN READING LIMITED
Part of Millemont GP4 LLP groupMeridian Reading Limited made £8.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Meridian Reading Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “Onyx Securities Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £7.8m | £7.8m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £643k | £712k | £711k | £718k |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 86 | 86 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.5% | 18.6% | 18.4% | 18.2% |
| Gross margin | 91.2% | 90.9% | 90.9% | 91.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.6k | £91k | £91.1k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £16.9k | £16.8k | £19.1k |
| Cash conversion | −47.2% | 28.7% | 53.9% | −102.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲0.1% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38% | ▼0.9% | ▲4.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | 0% | ▼8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £252k | £846k | £1.9m | £254k |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £11.4m | £12.8m | £14.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £11.3m | £12.9m | £14.3m |
| Debtors | £38.7k | £90.5k | £39.2k | £75.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£591k | £471k | £926k | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −102.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £14.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £254k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Millemont GP4 LLPultimate parent75–100%
- MM Triton Holdco Limited75–100%
- Triton Reading Bidco Limited75–100%
- Meridian Reading 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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