Main Line Timber Limited
Registered name: MAIN LINE TIMBER LIMITED
Part of Main Line Timber (Holdings) Limited groupMain Line Timber Limited made £458k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Main Line Timber Limited reported £458k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, down 6% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 18 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials” and is based in Daventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Daventry, East Midlands
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company is Main Line Timber (Holdings) Limited.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £380k | £485k | £458k |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £380k | £485k | £458k |
| Employees (average) | — | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £23.8k | £30.3k | £25.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▲27.6% | ▼5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £274k | £234k | £167k | £284k |
| Net assets | £224k | £205k | £290k | £247k |
| Fixed assets | £218k | £362k | £386k | £446k |
| Current assets | £885k | £648k | £673k | £747k |
| Debtors | £363k | £186k | £256k | £200k |
| Deferred income | £148k | £152k | £198k | £220k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £247k
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £284k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £220k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £446k
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
- Main Line Timber (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Main Line Timber Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £458k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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