Marlowe Holdings Limited
Registered name: MARLOWE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Marlowe Holdings Limited made £3.5bn revenue and £135m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Marlowe Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £3.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £135m profit and 8,664 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Knutsford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knutsford, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4bn | £3.4bn | £3.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5bn | −£2.4bn | −£2.5bn |
| Gross profit | £954m | £957m | £992m |
| Operating profit | £178m | £160m | £156m |
| Profit before tax | £199m | £198m | £195m |
| Profit after tax | £146m | £136m | £135m |
| Profit (best available) | £146m | £136m | £135m |
| Employees (average) | 8,633 | 8,895 | 8,664 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 28.5% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £397k | £377k | £407k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £15.3k | £15.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.8% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £407k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.6k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 8,664
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Cable Management Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlowe Holdings Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £135m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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