Thermal Economics Limited
Registered name: THERMAL ECONOMICS LIMITED
Thermal Economics Limited made £9.9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Thermal Economics Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.3m profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Bedfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.7m | £17.1m | £11.8m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18.9m | £13.2m | £8.7m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £908k | £918k | £904k | £898k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12% | 11.7% | 11.8% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 22.9% | 26.5% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.1m | £740k | £619k |
| Profit per employee | £167k | £126k | £87.6k | £78.4k |
| Cash conversion | −93.2% | −110.1% | −72.2% | −128.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▼30.9% | ▼16.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.3% | ▼30.3% | ▼10.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £338k | £301k | £296k | £2m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £421k | £413k | £422k | £418k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £3.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £53.9k | £60.7k | £72k | £57.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | −£2.8m | −£1.3m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £619k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £78.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −128.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲569%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £57.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £418k
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 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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