Talacrest 2000 A.d. Limited
Registered name: TALACREST 2000 A.D. LIMITED
Talacrest 2000 A.d. Limited made £29.3m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Talacrest 2000 A.d. Limited’s revenue grew 73% to £29.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.7m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Woking; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woking, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 is controlled by J. A. Collins on account of him holding 100% of the equity share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £20m | £17m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.3m | £17.5m | £15.9m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.5m | £1.1m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2m | £589k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2m | £900k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.6m | £675k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.6m | £675k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £57.7k | £58.1k | £56.8k | £53.8k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 8.2% | 4% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 12.3% | 6.3% | 8.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.7m | £5m | £4.2m | £9.8m |
| Profit per employee | £391k | £410k | £169k | £576k |
| Cash conversion | −77.1% | −239.1% | 1163% | −5.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.9% | ▼15.1% | ▲72.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5% | ▼58.9% | ▲155.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.9m | £9.2m | £15.6m | £15.7m |
| Net assets | £22.6m | £23.5m | £23.9m | £25.6m |
| Fixed assets | £36.7k | £23.3k | £8.1k | £2.9k |
| Current assets | £23.1m | £24.7m | £28m | £31.4m |
| Debtors | £377k | £33.6k | £206k | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £13.2k | £16.3k | £15.3k | £9.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£4.7m | £6.9m | −£102k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £576k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −5.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £25.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £15.7m
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £9.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼64%
- Now £2.9k
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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