Maruca Ventures Ltd
Registered name: MARUCA VENTURES LTD
Maruca Ventures Ltd made £9.7m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Maruca Ventures Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £9.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £3m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £9.4m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 43 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 29% | 30.6% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 56.1% | 55.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £339k | £219k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £58.8k | £63.7k | £71k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲94.1% | ▲8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲79.2% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £463k | £938k | £312k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £512k | £1.1m | £2m |
| Current assets | £916k | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £108k | £104k | £174k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £312k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲77%
- Now £2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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