Tindle Newspapers Limited
Registered name: TINDLE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
Tindle Newspapers Limited made £1.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Tindle Newspapers Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £1m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Farnham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Farnham, South East
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £985k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £154k | £236k | £375k |
| Gross profit | £831k | £998k | £944k |
| Operating profit | −£214k | −£436k | −£939k |
| Profit before tax | £850k | −£185k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £800k | −£205k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £800k | −£205k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 10 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 81.2% | −16.6% | 77.6% |
| Gross margin | 84.4% | 80.9% | 71.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.4k | £123k | £94.2k |
| Profit per employee | £57.2k | −£20.5k | £73.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.2% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼125.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.6% | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £10.6m | £9.4m | £10.3m |
| Net assets | £31.3m | £31m | £32.1m |
| Fixed assets | £13.2m | £12.7m | £11.9m |
| Current assets | £19.1m | £19.4m | £21.4m |
| Debtors | £41.1k | £88.3k | £137k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 77.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £73.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 900%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £32.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £10.3m
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £11.9m
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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