Matras Exporters Ltd
Registered name: MATRAS EXPORTERS LTD
Matras Exporters Ltd made £39.3m revenue and £8.7m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2024.
Matras Exporters Ltd’s revenue grew 936% to £39.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with £8.7m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.9m | £3.8m | £39.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £2m | −£25.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.8m | £13.8m |
| Operating profit | £932k | £1.3m | £11.6m |
| Profit before tax | £932k | £1.3m | £11.5m |
| Profit after tax | £744k | £1m | £8.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £744k | £1m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 25.6% | 27.2% | 22.1% |
| Gross margin | 46.1% | 47.1% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £363k | £421k | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £93k | £115k | £262k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.5% | ▲935.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.5% | ▲740% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲266.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £120k | £201k | — |
| Net assets | £744k | £1.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £236k | £726k | — |
| Current assets | £799k | £1.4m | — |
| Debtors | £322k | £464k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £262k
- 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
- ▲267%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2024 (profit £8.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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