MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
4
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £77,502,814 | — | £87,947,652 | — | £87,160,028 | £116,330,525 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,945,714 | — | £2,350,470 | — | £2,376,706 | £2,392,366 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,752,338 | — | £2,069,702 | — | £1,966,898 | £2,028,487 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,328,580 | — | £1,474,560 | — | £1,483,817 | £1,320,824 | |
| Cash | — | £4,619,723 | — | £605,690 | — | £3,363,167 | £3,716,938 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,072,595 | — | £8,273,098 | — | £9,084,991 | £9,522,898 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,271,273 | — | £5,125,833 | — | £5,859,650 | £6,326,915 | |
| Equity | £3,482,693 | £4,271,273 | £4,271,273 | £5,125,833 | £5,125,833 | £5,859,650 | £6,326,915 | |
| Average employees | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | — | £13,838,499 | — | £17,594,559 | — | £20,545,455 | £28,274,369 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £2,400 | — | £2,800 | — | £2,400 | £3,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% | — | 2.7% | — | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.0% | — | 1.7% | — | 1.7% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 32.5% | — | 28.4% | — | 26.2% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.14x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | — | 15.23x | — | 8.37x | — | 5.80x | 6.57x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MARLBOROUGH HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2018-10-08 → present
- MARLBOROUGH SURFACING LIMITED 1992-11-18 → 2018-10-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“During the period and since the Balance Sheet date the company has continued to invest in growth and securing new contracts. On the basis of the above the accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Marlborough Highways Limited continued to build its work profile with a number of Local Authorities and national companies.”
- “Marlborough continues to invest heavily in plant, equipment and vehicles.”
- “The Company has invested heavily in its apprenticeship programme, achieving Silver Status with the 5% Club and ran more than twenty individual apprenticeships during the trading period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOSTONE, William David | Director | 2014-02-14 | Dec 1980 | British |
| REVELL, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2015-03-23 | Jul 1981 | British |
| REVELL, Matthew James | Director | 2006-04-06 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WOOLF, John | Director | 1992-11-18 | Nov 1945 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TULLETT, Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 1994-11-19 |
| WOOLF, Brenda | Secretary | 1994-11-19 | 2010-11-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 1992-11-18 |
| REVELL, Michael John | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1994-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough Highways Group Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.