TJ Books Limited
Registered name: TJ BOOKS LIMITED
Part of TJ International (Holdings) Limited groupTJ Books Limited made £15.4m revenue and £180k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2023.
TJ Books Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £15.4m in the year to 30 Nov 2023, with £180k profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- 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: “TJ International (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £279k | £880k |
| Profit before tax | £19.2k | £306k |
| Profit after tax | £177k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £177k | £180k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 149 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 14.4% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £106k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £22.6k | £81.6k |
| Net assets | £510k | £686k |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £150k | £150k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £106k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £686k
- Cash at bank
- ▲261%
- Now £81.6k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £150k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £5.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TJ International (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- TJ Books Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023 (profit £180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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