Total Construction Supplies Limited
Registered name: TOTAL CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES LIMITED
Total Construction Supplies Limited made £35.4m revenue and £697k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023. read from filing text
Total Construction Supplies Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £35.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £697k profit and 105 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham, West 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. From the filing: “The company has no overall controlling party.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.2m | £35.4m |
| Cost of sales | £33.1m | £28.5m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £953k |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £697k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £697k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 105 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £400k | £337k |
| Profit per employee | £30.3k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −443.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £679k | £69k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £28.3k | £153k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −443.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £69k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- ▲440%
- Now £153k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £4.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £697k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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