T.D. Cross Limited
Registered name: T.D. CROSS LIMITED
Part of Astwood (Trade) Holdings Limited groupT.D. Cross Limited made £4.9m revenue and £51.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
T.D. Cross Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £51.5k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £622k | £276k | £102k |
| Profit before tax | £622k | £292k | £68.6k |
| Profit after tax | £511k | £223k | £51.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £511k | £223k | £51.5k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 62 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 4.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 65.7% | 65.1% | 66.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.1k | £84.6k | £85.3k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £3.6k | £888 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.4% | ▼76.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.4m | £80.1k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £888
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £80.1k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £2.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Astwood (Trade) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Astwood Holdings Limited75–100%
- T.D. Cross Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Morse Chain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T.D. Cross & Morse LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £51.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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