Mauveworx Ltd
Registered name: MAUVEWORX LTD
Part of SPS Martin Holdings Limited groupMauveworx Ltd made £11m revenue and a £94.9k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Mauveworx Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £94.9k and 109 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Wimborne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wimborne, South West
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is SPS Martin Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £12.8m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£73.2k | £40.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£179k | −£267k | −£134k |
| Profit after tax | −£540k | −£20.2k | −£94.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£540k | −£20.2k | −£94.9k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.5m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 123 | 109 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.6% | −0.2% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 22% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £104k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.7k | −£164 | −£870 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▼11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.8k | £52.6k | £35.8k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.9m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £258k | £191k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£870
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £35.8k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £191k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £2.7m
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
- SPS Martin Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Mauveworx Ltdthis 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 2025 (profit −£94.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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