Tipografic Limited
Registered name: TIPOGRAFIC LIMITED
Part of Red UK Holding Ltd groupTipografic Limited made £37.9m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Tipografic Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £37.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.3m profit and 127 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Birkenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birkenhead, North West
- 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: “During the period, the company was acquired by Red UK Holdings Limited a company incorporated in the UK. Red UK Holdings Limited has a 100% interest in the equity of Tipografic Limited.”
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 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.6m | £32.1m | £37.9m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £24.4m | £27.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £7.7m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £3.4m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £3.2m | £5.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.5m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.5m | £4.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 131 | 127 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 7.7% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 23.8% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £229k | £245k | £299k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £18.9k | £34k |
| Cash conversion | −99.4% | −176% | −89.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲124.2% | ▲74.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £10.8m | £12m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £8m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £13.8m | £14.6m |
| Debtors | £8.3m | £7.4m | £7.8m |
| Deferred income | £60.4k | £35.4k | £6.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | −£5.9m | −£5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £299k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −89.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £12m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- ▼82%
- Now £6.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £6.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Red UK Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Tipografic 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 Dec 2024 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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