M.MARKOVITZ LIMITED
Company number 00627513 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
M. Markovitz Limited presents a mixed risk profile: a well-established, growing distribution business with £135.2m revenue and £15.4m net assets, but one operating on exceptionally thin margins (1.0% operating margin) with minimal cash reserves and increasing leverage. The 60% decline in operating margin year-on-year is the most pressing concern, leaving the business vulnerable to any further deterioration in trading conditions or disruption to its invoice finance facilities. While the company's long heritage and diversified operations provide some comfort, the current financial structure offers limited resilience buffer, warranting careful monitoring of margin recovery and working capital management.
Shareholders' funds
£15,352,673
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1959-05-06
- Employees
- 391 (2024 accounts · was 375 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Commercial Road, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, SK17 8NY
- Postcode
- SK17 8NY
- Capital
- 600,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-25
- Next due by
- 2027-09-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46130 Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MARKOVITZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-01-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
16.9%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- mmarkovitz.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| COMMERCIAL ROAD, TIDESWELL, BUXTON, DERBYSHIRE SK17 8NU | 2006-06-08 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 37 similar companies in SK
The largest employer among its local peers (391 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1959.
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 2 among agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials in Stockport.
Property in England & Wales 13 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Leasehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2024-06-04
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,000,000
- Where
- Derbyshire (3), Staffordshire (2), Portsmouth (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY581965 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-04 | — |
| DY581968 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-04 | — |
| PM39768 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2023-12-06 | — |
| MM186334 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-07-10 | — |
| WSX435215 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2022-09-20 | — |
| CH724239 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2021-12-22 | — |
| ST313441 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2021-06-29 | — |
| BD340218 | Bedford | Leasehold | 2021-05-14 | — |
| SYK366687 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2020-07-01 | — |
| GM600146 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2017-01-16 | £1,000,000 |
| DY208645 | Derbyshire | Freehold | 2013-01-04 | — |
| SF310785 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2008-06-20 | — |
| SF355931 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2008-06-20 | — |
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