Thomson Sawmills Limited
Registered name: THOMSON SAWMILLS LIMITED
Part of Thomson Sawmills Holdings Limited groupThomson Sawmills Limited made £19.7m revenue and £591k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Thomson Sawmills Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £591k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Norwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “Thomson Sawmills Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.8m | £17.8m | £17m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.2m | £13.1m | £12.2m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £847k |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £790k |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £591k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £591k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 56 | 52 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.7% | 9.7% | 8.5% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 26.1% | 28.1% | 22% |
| Revenue per employee | £421k | £317k | £327k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £53.5k | £30.6k | £27.7k | £9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.5% | ▼4.4% | ▲15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.7% | ▼16% | ▼59% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼7.1% | ▲19.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £330k | £74.4k | £467k | £293k |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £9m | £9.7m | £9.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £4.7m | £4.6m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £8.3m | £10.1m | £11.3m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £648k | £282k | £352k | £706k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £9.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £293k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲101%
- Now £706k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £6.3m
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
- Thomson Sawmills Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thomson Sawmills 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 Jul 2025 (profit £591k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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