Martin Arnold Limited
Registered name: MARTIN ARNOLD LIMITED
Part of Martin Arnold Holdings Limited groupMartin Arnold Limited made £13.2m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Martin Arnold Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.4m profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £12m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.4m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.6m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £7m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 145 | 146 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 10.1% | 10.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.7% | 46.6% | 43.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.3k | £82.6k | £90.7k |
| Profit per employee | £8.3k | £8.3k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | −53.9% | −84.4% | −127.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲18.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £927k | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.3m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.7m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£726k | −£1.6m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −127.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲123%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Martin Arnold Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Martin Arnold 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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