Trimline Limited
Registered name: TRIMLINE LIMITED
Part of Lagan Technical Services Limited groupTrimline Limited made £22.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Trimline Limited’s revenue grew 78% to £22.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.6m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of ships and boats” and is based in Whiteley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whiteley, South East
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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: “Trimline Holdings Limited is the immediate parent undertaking.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.5m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.5m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4m | £6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £982k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £985k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £800k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £800k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 33 | 33 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.4% | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 32.1% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £379k | £530k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £24.2k | £37.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 216.9% | 70.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲78% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲96.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.9% | 0% | ▲27.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.5m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6.2m | £6.9m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £235k | £876k | £961k | £820k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £8.3m | £12.4m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.7m | £631k | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £4m | £7.7m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £530k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 70.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- 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
- ▼48%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲95%
- Now £7.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £820k
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
- Lagan Technical Services Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Trimline Holdings Limited75–100%
- Trimline 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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