Thomas Spar Limited
Registered name: THOMAS SPAR LIMITED
Thomas Spar Limited made £946k revenue and £1.6k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
Thomas Spar Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £946k in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £1.6k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Ceredigion; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ceredigion, Wales
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 5 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.1m | £946k |
| Cost of sales | — | £832k | £738k |
| Gross profit | — | £218k | £208k |
| Operating profit | — | £18.5k | £37 |
| Profit before tax | — | £17.8k | £2.4k |
| Profit after tax | — | £13.8k | £1.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £13.8k | £1.6k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.8% | 22% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £52.5k | £47.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £688 | £81 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼88.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £126k | £127k | £106k |
| Net assets | £346k | £358k | £358k |
| Fixed assets | £254k | £254k | £254k |
| Current assets | £181k | £184k | £164k |
| Debtors | £492 | £492 | £492 |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £358k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £106k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £254k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £1.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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