Gordon Murray Group Limited
Registered name: GORDON MURRAY GROUP LIMITED
Part of Gordon Murray Group Holdings Limited groupGordon Murray Group Limited made £4m revenue and £11.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2023.
Gordon Murray Group Limited’s revenue was £4m in the year to 31 Jul 2023, with £11.2m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Guildford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
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 Mar 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £432k | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | £432k | £831k |
| Operating profit | −£191k | −£5.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£191k | £11.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£136k | £11.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£136k | £11.2m |
| Staff costs | £585k | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −31.6% | 281.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £441k |
| Profit per employee | −£34.1k | £1.2m |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £153k | £25.6m |
| Net assets | −£50.4k | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £859 | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £364k | £47.3m |
| Debtors | £136k | £256k |
| Deferred income | £11.1k | £6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 281.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £441k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 102.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 150.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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 £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £25.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4.1m
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
- Gordon Murray Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gordon Murray Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Gordon Murray Advanced Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Advanced Power Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Applied Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Automotive LimitedRev. — · Profit −£7.8m
- Gordon Murray Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Heritage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Itechnologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Racing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gordon Murray Special Vehicles LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2023 (profit £11.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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