Tennants Consolidated Limited
Registered name: TENNANTS CONSOLIDATED LIMITED
Tennants Consolidated Limited made £577m revenue and £30.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tennants Consolidated Limited’s revenue was £577m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £30.1m profit and 1,110 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 96 yrs · since 1930
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £617m | £575m | £577m |
| Cost of sales | −£469m | −£430m | −£440m |
| Gross profit | £148m | £145m | £137m |
| Operating profit | £43.6m | £32.5m | £33m |
| Profit before tax | £46.2m | £43m | £38.1m |
| Profit after tax | £31.6m | £32.3m | £30.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £31.6m | £32.3m | £30.1m |
| Employees (average) | 1,144 | 1,140 | 1,110 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 24% | 25.3% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £540k | £504k | £520k |
| Profit per employee | £27.6k | £28.4k | £27.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▼7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £520k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 1,110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- James M.brown LimitedRev. £17.9m · Profit £4.2m
- Chemical and Petroleum Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dalewick Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Riggott and Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tennants Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tennants Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waterloo Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £30.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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