T.S.T Cardiff Limited
Registered name: T.S.T CARDIFF LIMITED
Part of Avrc Ltd groupT.S.T Cardiff Limited made £16.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
T.S.T Cardiff Limited’s revenue was £16.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 intermediate parent undertaking is iRG Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 29 Dec 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £21.6m | £32.1m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £14.8m | £22.4m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £6.8m | £9.7m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | −£744k | −£300k | £2.9m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£762k | −£332k | £2.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£607k | −£541k | £3.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£607k | −£541k | £3.1m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £7.5m | £10.8m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 252 | 250 | 260 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | −2.5% | 9.7% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 31.4% | 30.1% | 38.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £75k | £86.2k | £123k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | −£2.2k | £11.9k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £636k | £494k | £109k | £392k |
| Net assets | £544k | £162k | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.7m | £921k | £926k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4m | £6.7m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £997k | £804k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £831k | £608k | £251k | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £392k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £926k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Avrc Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Irg Group Limited75–100%
- T.S.T Cardiff Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- T.S.T Cosmetic Repairs LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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