Tennants UK Limited
Registered name: TENNANTS UK LIMITED
Part of Tennants Holdings Limited groupTennants UK Limited made £13.2m revenue and £878k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Tennants UK Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £13.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £878k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles” and is based in New Basford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- New Basford, East Midlands
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1967
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £14.6m | £14.4m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £10.6m | £10.7m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4m | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £878k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £878k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 61 | 60 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.6% | 9% | 7.7% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 27.3% | 25.9% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £239k | £240k | £236k |
| Profit per employee | £22.3k | £21.4k | £18.5k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▼1.2% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼14.9% | ▼20.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▼1.6% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £239k | £220k | £923k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £755k | £802k | £624k | £654k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5m | £5.6m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £236k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲82%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £654k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tennants Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tennants UK 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 Nov 2025 (profit £878k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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