MARVEL PAYROLL LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
-28.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£709k
+43.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
265
-37.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£294k
+30.2% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,853,250 | £38,882,038 | £44,428,036 | £44,125,449 | -0.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£19,274 | £225,790 | £293,372 | +29.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,681 | -£19,274 | £225,712 | £293,823 | +30.2% | |
| Net profit | -£17,774 | -£19,874 | £166,809 | £215,398 | +29.1% | |
| Cash | £2,620,960 | £2,670,376 | £2,832,332 | £2,018,276 | -28.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £348,887 | £329,613 | £494,072 | £708,820 | +43.5% | |
| Net assets | £346,487 | £326,613 | £493,422 | £708,820 | +43.7% | |
| Equity | £346,487 | £326,613 | £493,422 | £708,820 | +43.7% | |
| Average employees | 508 | 532 | 422 | 265 | -37.2% | |
| Wages | £11,914,279 | £12,187,124 | £11,679,143 | £7,446,422 | -36.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £48,000 | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.0% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | -0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -5.8% | 45.7% | 41.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.5% | 88.2% | 83.3% | 66.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.13x | 1.19x | 1.51x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-01-10
- MARVEL PAYROLL LIMITED 2025-01-10 → present
- SHIELD LABOUR SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2019-05-15 → 2025-01-10
- SHIELD LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD 2017-11-21 → 2019-05-15
- 4FRONT LOGISTICS LIMITED 2015-12-11 → 2017-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Thickbroom Coventry
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLETT, Liam Wayne | Director | 2026-05-19 | Oct 1991 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELSEY, Craig | Director | 2025-03-13 | 2026-05-19 |
| BOUGH, Gareth Graham | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2026-05-19 |
| EZECHUKWU, Jude Thaddeus | Director | 2017-11-22 | 2019-03-01 |
| WEBSTER, Amanda Louise | Director | 2015-12-11 | 2017-11-22 |
| WOODS, Luke Thomas Peter | Director | 2025-03-13 | 2026-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Liam Wayne Hollett | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-05-19 | Active |
| Shield Group Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-01 | Ceased 2026-05-19 |
| Miss Amanda Louise Webster | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.