Turley Associates Ltd
Registered name: TURLEY ASSOCIATES LTD
Part of Turley Associates Ltd groupTurley Associates Ltd made £33.1m revenue and £296k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Turley Associates Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £33.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £296k profit and 278 employees. The company is classified under “urban planning and landscape architectural activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30m | £30.8m | £33.1m |
| Cost of sales | £18.3m | £16.8m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £11.7m | £14m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £810k | £580k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £765k |
| Profit after tax | £926k | £652k | £296k |
| Profit (best available) | £926k | £652k | £296k |
| Employees (average) | 264 | 266 | 278 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 2.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 45.4% | 47.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £116k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £2.5k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.6% | ▼54.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £9.3m | £7.8m | £9.7m |
| Net assets | £13.9m | £14.7m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £784k | £735k |
| Current assets | £21m | £20.6m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £6m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £3.5m | £2.2m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £9.7m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 278
- Deferred income
- ▲95%
- Now £4.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £735k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turley Associates Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Turley Trustees Limited75–100%
- Turley Associates Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Turley Trustees 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 May 2025 (profit £296k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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