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Company No. 00814967 · Incorporated 7 Aug 1964

Tapper and Son(Poole)limited

Registered name: TAPPER AND SON(POOLE)LIMITED

Tapper and Son(Poole)limited made £12.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Tapper and Son(Poole)limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Poole; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection S · Other service activitiesSIC 96030Funeral and related activities
Status
Active
Location
Poole, South West
Age
62 yrs · since 1964
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 Company is under the control of the shareholders Mr P C Tapper (26%), Mr C J Tapper (48%) and Mr S J Tapper (26%).”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£12.4m
Growth ▲1.8%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▲82.5%
Profit margin
14.7%
Gross 43.4%
Employees
160
Change ▲0.6%
Profit / employee
£11.3k
Revenue/employee £77.3k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.1m£12.4m
Cost of sales£7.2m£7m
Gross profit£4.9m£5.4m
Operating profit£1.3m£2.5m
Profit before tax£1.3m£2.5m
Profit after tax£994k£1.8m
Profit (best available)£994k£1.8m
Staff costs£5m£5m
Employees (average)159160
Ratios
Profit margin8.2%14.7%
Gross margin40.6%43.4%
Revenue per employee£76.4k£77.3k
Profit per employee£6.3k£11.3k
Cash conversion140.7%112.6%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲1.8%
Profit growth—▲82.5%
Headcount growth—▲0.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5m£1.3m
Net assets£23.5m£25.3m
Fixed assets£22.4m£25.6m
Current assets£4.1m£3.7m
Debtors£463k£272k
Deferred income£167k£134k
Cash from operations£1.8m£2.8m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
14.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
43.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£77.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
112.6%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
206.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲8%
Now £25.3m
Cash at bank
▼10%
Now £1.3m
Headcount
▲1%
Now 160
Deferred income
▼19%
Now £134k
Fixed assets
▲14%
Now £25.6m

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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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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