Maru Group Limited
Registered name: MARU GROUP LIMITED
Part of Stagwell Inc. groupMaru Group Limited made £0 revenue and £666k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Maru Group Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £666k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “market research and public opinion polling” and is based in Salford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 10 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. From the filing: “The parent company of Maru Group Limited is Stagwell U.K. Limited and its registered office is Blue Fin Building 3rd Floor, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0SU.”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£976k | −£464k |
| Profit before tax | −£952k | £666k |
| Profit (best available) | −£952k | £666k |
| Staff costs | £795k | £401k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | −£238k | £222k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £137k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £45.8m | £46.5m |
| Debtors | £25.9m | £29.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £222k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £46.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼88%
- Now £15.9k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stagwell Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Stagwell U.K. Limited75–100%
- Maru Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Maru/Edr LimitedRev. £6.1m · Profit −£4m
- Lissted LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maru/Blue UK LimitedRev. — · Profit £184k
- Maru/Usurv LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Syngro LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- 7Thfl, LtdFigures not disclosed
- A-Alliance UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Studio Cypher LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
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 £666k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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