Highway Assurance Limited
Registered name: HIGHWAY ASSURANCE LIMITED
Part of Marsh Holdings (GBR) Ltd groupHighway Assurance Limited made £23m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Highway Assurance Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £23m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 173 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £20m | £23.4m | £23m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £14.1m | £17.6m | −£17.1m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.9m | £5.8m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £7.1m | £8.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 147 | 158 | 168 | 173 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 9.6% | 6.5% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 29.4% | 24.7% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £126k | £139k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £12.1k | £9k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▲17.4% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▼20.9% | ▼24.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▲6.3% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2m | £1.5m | — |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.3m | £7.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.5m | — |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.4m | £7.6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.9m | £1.2m | — |
| Deferred income | £306k | £129k | £297k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Marsh Holdings (GBR) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Highway Assurance Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Silverline Equestrian LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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