Time Wholesale Services (UK) Ltd
Registered name: TIME WHOLESALE SERVICES (UK) LTD
Part of Time Equities Limited groupTime 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.
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full 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) | 75 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | 1291% | −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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Time Equities Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- 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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