MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT (SERVICES) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-21 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-76.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+36.2% vs 2024
Employees
87
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£723K
-19.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT (SERVICES) LIMITED 2004-07-14 → present
- MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1986-12-05 → 2004-07-14
- GUIDESALE LIMITED 1986-09-01 → 1986-12-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,037,102 | £62,402,974 | |
| Operating profit | £2,756 | -£35,982 | |
| Profit before tax | £902,497 | £723,303 | |
| Net profit | -£4,619,127 | £571,160 | |
| Cash | £22,009,246 | £5,214,784 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,625,537 | £5,371,217 | |
| Net assets | £1,585,594 | £2,160,212 | |
| Equity | £1,585,594 | £2,160,212 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 87 | |
| Wages | £36,379,658 | £33,744,252 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | -0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.88x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and have not identified any events that may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. This has been assessed by stress testing the company's forecast using scenarios that are explicitly linked to the Company's principal risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCE, Claire | Secretary | 2021-11-18 | — | — |
| ARAH, William James | Director | — | Jan 1961 | British |
| CARTER, Charles Richard | Director | 2023-06-26 | May 1967 | British |
| HINGLEY, Robert Charles Anthony | Director | 2023-08-11 | May 1960 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARAH, William James | Secretary | — | 1996-03-26 |
| BROWN, David Charles | Secretary | 1996-03-26 | 2012-08-09 |
| HAYES, Neil | Secretary | 2021-02-17 | 2021-11-18 |
| WEBSTER, Bridget Oy Wah | Secretary | 2012-08-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| DIMENT, Joe Martin | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| DONNE, David Lucas | Director | — | 2011-04-11 |
| HOSKING, Jeremy John | Director | — | 2013-08-20 |
| IVORY, Brian Gammell, Sir | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| OSTRER, Neil Mark | Director | — | 2024-04-05 |
| STEWART, David Coldwells | Director | 2022-03-07 | 2023-08-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon Asset Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-23 | Active |
| Mr Neil Mark Ostrer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-05-15 | Ceased 2021-08-23 |
| Mr William Arah | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-08 | Ceased 2021-08-23 |
| Mr Jeremy John Hosking | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-08 | Ceased 2021-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£58,037,102 £62,402,974
-
Cash
-76.3%
£22,009,246 £5,214,784
-
Net assets
+36.2%
£1,585,594 £2,160,212
-
Employees
-1.1%
88 87
-
Operating profit
-1,405.6%
£2,756 -£35,982
-
Profit before tax
-19.9%
£902,497 £723,303
-
Wages
-7.2%
£36,379,658 £33,744,252
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers