Ironmarket Limited
Registered name: IRONMARKET LIMITED
Part of Ironmarket Group Holdings Limited groupIronmarket Limited made £2.1m revenue and £291k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Ironmarket Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £2.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £291k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Newcastle-Under-Lyme; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle-Under-Lyme, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £493k | £347k | £381k | £356k |
| Profit before tax | £471k | £315k | £362k | £348k |
| Profit after tax | £390k | £265k | £274k | £291k |
| Profit (best available) | £390k | £265k | £274k | £291k |
| Staff costs | — | £422k | £472k | £585k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 25.7% | 16.1% | 15.7% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £97k | £96.8k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £27.9k | £15.6k | £15.2k | £15.3k |
| Cash conversion | −115.4% | −139.3% | −132.2% | −167.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲5.7% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.1% | ▲3.5% | ▲6.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▲5.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £572k | £376k | £447k | £488k |
| Net assets | £424k | £307k | £275k | £198k |
| Fixed assets | £272k | £344k | £360k | £287k |
| Current assets | £809k | £635k | £712k | £557k |
| Debtors | £4.8k | £19.2k | £539 | £4.9k |
| Deferred income | — | £12.6k | £11.5k | £11.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£569k | −£483k | −£504k | −£596k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −167.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £198k
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £488k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £11.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £287k
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
- Ironmarket Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ironmarket 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £291k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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