Scandinavian Tobacco Group United Kingdom Limited
Registered name: SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Part of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S groupScandinavian Tobacco Group United Kingdom Limited made £32.3m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Scandinavian Tobacco Group United Kingdom Limited’s revenue was £32.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.6m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of tobacco products” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans, East of England
- Age
- 113 yrs · since 1913
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, a company incorporated in Denmark.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.4m | £32.3m | £32.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.9m | £23.6m | £20.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £8.7m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £5.7m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 25 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | 12.8% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 27% | 36.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £768k |
| Profit per employee | £153k | £165k | £109k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲10.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲68% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £9.3m | £13.4m | £18m |
| Fixed assets | £7k | £3.7k | £485 |
| Current assets | £21.4m | £21.4m | £23.9m |
| Debtors | £12.1m | £11.7m | £11.8m |
| Deferred income | £753k | £826k | £905k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £768k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £109k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲34%
- Now £18m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲68%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £905k
- Fixed assets
- ▼87%
- Now £485
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Scandinavian Tobacco Group United Kingdom Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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