Topping & Company Booksellers Limited
Registered name: TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED
Topping & Company Booksellers Limited made £9.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Topping & Company Booksellers Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Ely; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ely, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.9m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.6m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.8m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 78 | 78 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 12.4% | 16.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 51.1% | 53.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £114k | £99.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.2k | £16.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −117.9% | −117.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | 0% | ▲19.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £556k | £151k | £1.1m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £1.6m | £2.7m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £14.6k | £128k | £42.8k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £450k | £518k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.1m | −£2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −117.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲122%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲107%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £518k
- Fixed assets
- ▲124%
- Now £7.1m
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 £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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