Tom Parker Limited
Registered name: TOM PARKER LIMITED
Tom Parker Limited made £14.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Tom Parker Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £14.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.5m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £14.8m | £15.1m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7.5m | £7.9m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £7.3m | £7.1m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 72 | 74 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 14.8% | 11.1% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 49.6% | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £206k | £204k | £199k |
| Profit per employee | £21.9k | £30.5k | £22.6k | £20.1k |
| Cash conversion | −106.4% | −85.8% | −92.2% | −64.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲1.8% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.1% | ▼23.7% | ▼11% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲2.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.5m | £885k | £433k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £922k | £920k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £7.8m | £6.8m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £439k | £581k | £509k | £348k |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£2.4m | −£2.2m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £199k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −64.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £433k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £348k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.1m
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
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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