Tinius Olsen Limited
Registered name: TINIUS OLSEN LIMITED
Part of Tinius Olsen International Company groupTinius Olsen Limited made £11.9m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tinius Olsen Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 85 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Redhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redhill, South East
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1970
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £9.1m | £10.3m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £3.9m | −£4.7m | −£5.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £5.1m | £5.6m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | −£361k | £1m | £136k | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£352k | £1.2m | £394k | −£2.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£245k | £761k | £228k | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£245k | £761k | £228k | −£2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 62 | 57 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.1% | 8.4% | 2.2% | −20.8% |
| Gross margin | 59.8% | 56.6% | 54.5% | 55.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £97k | £147k | £181k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£4k | £12.3k | £4k | −£29.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.7% | ▲13.4% | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼70% | ▼1186% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼8.1% | ▲49.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £432k | £234k | — | — |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £8.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £8.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £476k | £877k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £168k | £277k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£29.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲49%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tinius Olsen International Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Tinius Olsen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Imetrum LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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