Tla Distribution Limited
Registered name: TLA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Tla Trustee Limited groupTla Distribution Limited made £35m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Tla Distribution Limited’s revenue was £35m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £1.5m profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.7m | £29.7m | £34.9m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £25.1m | £21.3m | £25.6m | £26m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £8.4m | £9.3m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 82 | 90 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 6.8% | 5.1% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 28.3% | 26.7% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £421k | £362k | £388k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | £24.7k | £19.7k | £16k |
| Cash conversion | −25.2% | −15.1% | −82.8% | −141.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲17.8% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼12.2% | ▼17.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲9.8% | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £345k | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £8.3m | £10.1m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £14m | £17m | £17.9m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £6.9m | £8.5m | £6.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£465k | −£414k | −£2.3m | −£3.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −141.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲101%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tla Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tla Electrical Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Tla Distribution 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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