MDM Timber Limited
Registered name: MDM TIMBER LIMITED
MDM Timber Limited made £102m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
MDM Timber Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £102m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.8m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 company is under the control of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £140m | £99.6m | £94.7m | £102m |
| Cost of sales | £122m | £94.6m | £90m | £97.3m |
| Gross profit | £17.9m | £5m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £14.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £14.7m | £2m | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £11.9m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.9m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 5% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.4m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Profit per employee | £541k | £59.7k | £49.7k | £71k |
| Cash conversion | −41.4% | −287.8% | −91.6% | −75.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.8% | ▼4.9% | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87% | ▼16.7% | ▲42.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.2% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £175k | £1.3m | £2.2m | £240k |
| Net assets | £32.8m | £32.2m | £32.5m | £30.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £45.1m | £42.5m | £44.1m | £44.3m |
| Debtors | £24.1m | £21.3m | £21.4m | £19.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £5.9m | £5.7m | £5.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.1m | −£5.6m | −£1.6m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £30.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £240k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £5.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.8m
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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