TRN Limited
Registered name: TRN LIMITED
TRN Limited made £29m revenue and £249k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
TRN Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £29m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £249k profit and 686 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 23 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.6m | £26.1m | £25.7m | £29m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £9.3m | £8.6m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £16.6m | £16.9m | £17.1m | £19.5m |
| Operating profit | −£736k | £305k | £335k | £496k |
| Profit before tax | −£860k | £144k | £211k | £395k |
| Profit after tax | −£713k | £68.1k | £134k | £249k |
| Profit (best available) | −£713k | £68.1k | £134k | £249k |
| Employees (average) | 645 | 697 | 673 | 686 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 65% | 64.6% | 66.4% | 67.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.7k | £37.5k | £38.2k | £42.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | £98 | £199 | £363 |
| Cash conversion | — | −313.1% | −366.7% | −428.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼1.6% | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲97.1% | ▲85.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▼3.4% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £831k | £761k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | −£625k | −£557k | −£423k | −£174k |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.3m | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £421k | £182k | £173k | £187k |
| Deferred income | £705k | £473k | £401k | £545k |
| Cash from operations | −£618k | −£954k | −£1.2m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £363
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −428.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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 −£174k
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 686
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £545k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £4.3m
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 2025 (profit £249k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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