O.c. Tanner Limited
Registered name: O.C. TANNER LIMITED
O.c. Tanner Limited made £44.7m revenue and £284k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
O.c. Tanner Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £44.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £284k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Loughton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.2m | £47.4m | £44.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£40.5m | −£37.8m | −£36.2m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £9.6m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.2m | £542k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £436k |
| Profit after tax | £902k | £772k | £284k |
| Profit (best available) | £902k | £772k | £284k |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 52 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 20.3% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £911k | £912k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £14.8k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.5% | ▼63.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £912k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £284k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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