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Company No. 05221288 · Incorporated 3 Sep 2004

Total Merchandise Limited

Registered name: TOTAL MERCHANDISE LIMITED

Part of Total Merchandise Group Limited group

Total Merchandise Limited made £21.1m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Total Merchandise Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £21.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.4m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Southend on Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Southend on Sea, East of England
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£21.1m
Growth ▼1.4%
Profit
£2.4m
Growth ▼0.2%
Profit margin
11.6%
Gross 26.4%
Employees
42
Change ▼14.3%
Profit / employee
£58.3k
Revenue/employee £503k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£20.3m£21.4m£21.1m
Cost of sales—£14.8m£15.7m£15.5m
Gross profit—£5.5m£5.7m£5.6m
Operating profit—£2.8m£3.1m£3.1m
Profit before tax—£2.9m£3.2m£3.2m
Profit after tax—£2.2m£2.5m£2.4m
Profit (best available)—£2.2m£2.5m£2.4m
Staff costs—£2m£1.9m£1.8m
Employees (average)40484942
Ratios
Profit margin—11.1%11.5%11.6%
Gross margin—27.1%26.7%26.4%
Revenue per employee—£423k£437k£503k
Profit per employee—£46.9k£50.1k£58.3k
Cash conversion—−79%−24.3%−64.4%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲5.6%▼1.4%
Profit growth——▲9.1%▼0.2%
Headcount growth—▲20%▲2.1%▼14.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.7m£3.2m£2.9m£3.7m
Net assets£1.7m£2.1m£4m£5.9m
Fixed assets£33.7k£39.3k£32.8k£16.3k
Current assets£5.4m£4.9m£7.5m£9.5m
Debtors£1.7m£1.6m£1.5m£1.6m
Deferred income—£744k£783k£752k
Cash from operations—−£2.2m−£758k−£2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£503k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£58.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−64.4%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲50%
Now £5.9m
Cash at bank
▲30%
Now £3.7m
Headcount
▼14%
Now 42
Deferred income
▼4%
Now £752k
Fixed assets
▼50%
Now £16.3k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Total Merchandise Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Total Merchandise 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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