{"name":"MARCO LIMITED","company_number":"03495807","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1998-01-20","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Block 3 The Industrial Estate, Enterprise Way, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6HF","postcode":"TN8 6HF","sic_codes":[{"code":28990,"description":"Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture of innovative factory productivity systems.","previous_names":[{"name":"MARCO WEIGHING SYSTEMS LIMITED","changed_on":"2007-08-02"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":64,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":9009128,"profit_loss":-651848,"average_employees":64},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":10128330,"profit_loss":-24674,"average_employees":63},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":10854429},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":11736577},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","turnover":13281366,"net_assets":1874522,"cash":13282}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":24,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"MARCO LIMITED occupies a defensible niche position within the UK specialist weighing and automation machinery sector, with strong gross margins (54.4%) reflecting genuine product differentiation through proprietary integrated hardware and software solutions. However, the company faces significant headwinds: revenue has declined 32% over four years to £9.0M, operating losses have deepened to -7% EBIT margin due to negative operating leverage on a fixed cost base, and rising inventory levels suggest potential contract slippage. While the macro tailwind of labour cost inflation should structurally support demand for automation, near-term customer capital expenditure deferrals and export market uncertainties are constraining growth. The backing of ATS Group provides financial resilience and strategic support, but MARCO must arrest the revenue decline and realign its cost structure to restore profitability.","website":"https://www.marco.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/marco","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03495807","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/marco/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/marco"}