Markey Holdings Limited
Registered name: MARKEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Markey Holdings Limited made £34.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Markey Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £34.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.5m profit and 250 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.6m | £42.9m | £33m | £34.8m |
| Cost of sales | £41m | £31.9m | £24.9m | £26.1m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £11.1m | £8.1m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £3.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £3.4m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £3.3m | £791k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £3.3m | £791k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 327 | 287 | 235 | 250 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 7.7% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 25.8% | 24.5% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £149k | £141k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £11.6k | £11.5k | £3.4k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20% | ▼23% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13% | ▼76.1% | ▲88.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▼18.1% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £9.1m | £10.6m | £11.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7m | £8.3m | £9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 250
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Akela Ground Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Akela Plant Hire LtdFigures not disclosed
- Akela Precast LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Akela Property Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £1m
- Akela Thoroughbreds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cara Aviation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cara Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DGM Surfacing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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