Martin and Company Accountants Limited
Registered name: MARTIN AND COMPANY ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
Part of Eci Partners LLP groupMartin and Company Accountants Limited made £11.1m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Martin and Company Accountants Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.2m profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities” and is based in Winchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.9m | £9.4m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.1m | £3.5m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.8m | £6m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4m | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.2m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.2m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.8m | £4.2m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 67 | 72 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 35.7% | 28.7% | 29% |
| Gross margin | — | 65.2% | 63.3% | 50.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £133k | £131k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | — | £47.4k | £37.6k | £41.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −90.9% | −95.1% | −59.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6% | ▲17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.6% | ▲18.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲7.5% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £182k | £1.4k | £376k | £646k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4m | £4.7m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £63.4k | £40.5k | £161k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.5m | −£3.7m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −59.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.5%
- 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
- ▲103%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £646k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲298%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Eci Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Eci 12 Nominees Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Topco Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Midco Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Midco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Bidco Limited75–100%
- Shaw Gibbs Limited75–100%
- Martin and Company Accountants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Martin and Company (Company Secretaries) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Martin and Company (Nominees) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Martin and Company Audit LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Firmvalue Payrolls LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reality HR LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sestini & Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Shaw Gibbs Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southern Corporate Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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