MPRD Limited
Registered name: MPRD LIMITED
Part of Gd Spa groupMPRD Limited made £51.3m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
MPRD Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £51.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.4m and 124 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Buckinghamshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.7m | £51.3m |
| Cost of sales | £33.3m | £42.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.3m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | −£2.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.5m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.3% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £348k | £414k |
| Profit per employee | −£21.9k | −£11k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £10.9m |
| Net assets | −£3.7m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £17.1m | £17.8m |
| Current assets | £37.7m | £44.3m |
| Debtors | £12.1m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £414k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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 £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲115%
- Now £10.9m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £17.8m
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
- Gd Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- MPRD Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2023 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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