Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd
Registered name: INDEPENDENT MARITIME ADVISORS LTD
Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd made £54.1m revenue and £29m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd’s revenue grew 169% to £54.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £29m profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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. From the filing: “NCL (Bahamas) Ltd”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £20.1m | £54.1m |
| Gross profit | £22.5m | £20.1m | £54.1m |
| Profit before tax | £11m | £7.1m | £38.9m |
| Profit after tax | £8.8m | £5.5m | £29m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.8m | £5.5m | £29m |
| Staff costs | £7m | £8.2m | £11.6m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 22 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 39% | 27.3% | 53.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £914k | £3.2m |
| Profit per employee | £516k | £249k | £1.7m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲169.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.5% | ▲427.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.4% | ▼22.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £9.6m | £4m | £6.8m |
| Net assets | £13.5m | £2.3m | £23.3m |
| Fixed assets | £9.1m | £3.2m | — |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £5.3m | £35.2m |
| Debtors | £38.6k | £113k | £89.5k |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £3.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | £6.5m | £11.2m | £10.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 53.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7m
- 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
- 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
- ▲911%
- Now £23.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £6.8m
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (registered outside the UK register)
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 2024 (profit £29m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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