Murray Plate Group Limited
Registered name: MURRAY PLATE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Murray Capital Holdings Limited groupMurray Plate Group Limited made £31m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Murray Plate Group Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £31m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 78 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.1m | £31m |
| Cost of sales | £35.2m | £28.2m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | −£834k | −£1.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£935k | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£935k | −£1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 9.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £502k | £398k |
| Profit per employee | −£12k | −£21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1m |
| Net assets | £10.3m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £22.1m | £18.5m |
| Debtors | £8.5m | £7.7m |
| Deferred income | £225k | £175k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £398k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £175k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Murray Capital Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Murray Capital Group Limited75–100%
- Murray Capital Limited50–75%
- Murray Metals Limited75–100%
- Murray Plate Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hillfoot Steel LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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