Mortimer Childe Ltd
Registered name: MORTIMER CHILDE LTD
Mortimer Childe Ltd made £25.3m revenue and £8.9k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Mortimer Childe Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £25.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £8.9k profit and 327 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.7m | £55.8m | £25.5m | £25.3m |
| Cost of sales | £36.4m | £55.4m | £25.2m | £25.1m |
| Gross profit | £300k | £483k | £260k | £272k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£51.8k | −£31.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£15.5k | −£30.1k | £18 | £2.7k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3k | −£30.1k | £18 | £8.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3k | −£30.1k | £18 | £8.9k |
| Staff costs | £36.5m | £55.6m | £25.3m | £25m |
| Employees (average) | 339 | 366 | 263 | 327 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1% | 1.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £153k | £97k | £77.4k |
| Profit per employee | £7 | −£82 | £0 | £27 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲49522% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲24.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £56.9k | £26.8k | £26.8k | £35.8k |
| Fixed assets | £12.4k | £13k | £8.3k | £5.7k |
| Current assets | £5m | £3.8m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £762k | −£237k | −£478k | −£7.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £77.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £35.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 327
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £5.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £8.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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