Tamar Trading Co.limited
Registered name: TAMAR TRADING CO.LIMITED
Tamar Trading Co.limited made £15m revenue and £212k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Tamar Trading Co.limited’s revenue grew 3% to £15m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £212k profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Bodmin; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bodmin, South West
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- 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 controlling party of the company is the Stacey family, by virtue of their collective shareholdings.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £14.6m | £14.5m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £9.3m | £10.2m | £10.2m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £661k | £954k | £593k | £304k |
| Profit before tax | £652k | £942k | £578k | £291k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £871k | £432k | £212k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £871k | £432k | £212k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 75 | 76 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 6% | 3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 30% | 30% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £194k | £191k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £6.3k | £11.6k | £5.7k | £2.8k |
| Cash conversion | −78.5% | −19.9% | −153.4% | −353.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼0.3% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲91.8% | ▼50.4% | ▼51.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▲1.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £362k | £613k | £759k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £5m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £112k | £111k | £119k | £36.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£518k | −£189k | −£910k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −353.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼69%
- Now £36.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £212k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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