Tactical Solutions FS Limited
Registered name: TACTICAL SOLUTIONS FS LIMITED
Part of Acosta RH Limited groupTactical Solutions FS Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tactical Solutions FS Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1m profit and 213 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking of Tactical Solutions FS Limited is Retail Solutions (Holdings) Limited (registered office 6 Marsh Parade, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1DU) which controls ”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11.1m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.3m | −£8.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £978k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £787k | £908k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £787k | £908k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £7.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 212 | 213 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 8.2% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 33.9% | 32.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.5k | £52.2k | £59.1k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £4.3k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▲13.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £41.3k | £183k | — |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £67.5k | £19.1k | — |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.9m | — |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | — |
| Deferred income | £550k | £553k | — |
| Cash from operations | £3.9k | −£416k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now 213
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Acosta RH Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tactical Solutions FS Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Dee Set Confectionery LimitedRev. £55.2m · Profit −£1.2m
- Dee Set Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reach Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- White Hinge LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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