Tiffen International Limited
Registered name: TIFFEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Tiffen International Limited made £2.2m revenue and a £233k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Tiffen International Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £233k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Romford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Romford, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “As at 31 December 2024, the immediate parent undertaking is The Tiffen Company LLC, a company incorporated in the USA.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £2.8m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £921k | £686k | £510k |
| Operating profit | £90.5k | −£42k | −£304k |
| Profit before tax | £66.7k | −£42k | −£306k |
| Profit after tax | £48.3k | −£3.7k | −£233k |
| Profit (best available) | £48.3k | −£3.7k | −£233k |
| Staff costs | £321k | £251k | £270k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | −0.1% | −10.5% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 24.4% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | £522k | £402k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | −£534 | −£33.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23% | ▼21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼107.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £91.4k | £93k | £21.9k |
| Net assets | £305k | £301k | £67.8k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £5.4k | £0 |
| Current assets | £2m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £230k | £229k | £298k |
| Deferred income | £59.4k | £60.8k | £79.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£33.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▼77%
- Now £67.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £21.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £79.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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 Dec 2024 (profit −£233k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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