Maple Sunscreening Holdings Ltd
Registered name: MAPLE SUNSCREENING HOLDINGS LTD
Part of MFH Group Ltd groupMaple Sunscreening Holdings Ltd made £22m revenue and £781k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Maple Sunscreening Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £22m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £781k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £24.8m | £21.5m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | £14.8m | £19.7m | £15.5m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £5m | £6m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £436k | £622k | £2.2m | £781k |
| Profit (best available) | £436k | £622k | £2.2m | £781k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 79 | 100 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.5% | 10.4% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 20.4% | 27.9% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £255k | £313k | £215k | £218k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £7.9k | £22.3k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | −69.1% | 132.9% | 64.1% | 47.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.9% | ▼13.3% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.6% | ▲257.9% | ▼64.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲26.6% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £4 | £3.5m | £19 |
| Net assets | £161k | £142k | £26k | £73.7k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £5.7m | £4.3m | £6.8m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £4k | £4k | £4k | £4k |
| Cash from operations | −£999k | £3.8m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £218k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 47.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29%
- 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
- ▲184%
- Now £73.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £19
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.2m
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
- MFH Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Maple Sunscreening Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Maple Sunscreening LimitedRev. £19.9m · Profit £2.2m
Sister companies (1)
- Newby Road Propco 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 Dec 2025 (profit £781k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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