Tods Defence Limited
Registered name: TODS DEFENCE LIMITED
Part of Tods Holdings Limited groupTods Defence Limited made £15.5m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tods Defence Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £15.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.2m profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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) | £13m | £11.7m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £6.3m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £5.4m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £1m | — |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £1.1m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £949k | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £949k | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 87 | 91 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.5% | 8.1% | 20.7% |
| Gross margin | 49.9% | 46.2% | 56% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £135k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £30.6k | £10.9k | £35.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲32.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.6% | ▲239% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £772k | £2.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £10.8m | £14m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £4m | £6m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £10.7m | £13.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.5m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £146k | £42k | £611k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £14m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲1355%
- Now £611k
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tods Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tods Defence Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tods Technology 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 £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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