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Company No. 03002900 · Incorporated 19 Dec 1994

Time Wholesale Services (UK) Ltd

Registered name: TIME WHOLESALE SERVICES (UK) LTD

Part of Time Equities Limited group

Time Wholesale Services (UK) Ltd made £85m revenue and £140k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023.

Time Wholesale Services (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £85m in the year to 30 Jun 2023, with £140k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Status
Liquidation
Location
Nottingham, East Midlands
Age
31 yrs · since 1994
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£85m
Growth ▼3.2%
Profit
£140k
Growth ▲76.9%
Profit margin
0.2%
Gross 6.3%
Employees
63
Change ▼16%
Profit / employee
£2.2k
Revenue/employee £1.3m
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202230 Jun 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£87.8m£85m
Cost of sales£82.6m£79.7m
Gross profit£5.2m£5.4m
Operating profit£150k£194k
Profit before tax£76.8k£121k
Profit after tax£79.1k£140k
Profit (best available)£79.1k£140k
Staff costs£2.3m£2m
Employees (average)7563
Ratios
Profit margin0.1%0.2%
Gross margin5.9%6.3%
Revenue per employee£1.2m£1.3m
Profit per employee£1.1k£2.2k
Cash conversion1291%−125.8%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼3.2%
Profit growth—▲76.9%
Headcount growth—▼16%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.1m£984k
Net assets£2.4m£2.6m
Fixed assets£1.7m£1.4m
Current assets£14.8m£12.5m
Debtors£2.9m£1.1m
Deferred income£41.3k£141k
Cash from operations£1.9m−£244k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
6.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.3m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−125.8%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲6%
Now £2.6m
Cash at bank
▼53%
Now £984k
Headcount
▼16%
Now 63
Deferred income
▲241%
Now £141k
Fixed assets
▼15%
Now £1.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Time Equities Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Time Wholesale Services (UK) Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2023 (profit £140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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