The Tibbetts Group Limited
Registered name: THE TIBBETTS GROUP LIMITED
Part of Tibbetts Global Limited groupThe Tibbetts Group Limited made £34.3m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
The Tibbetts Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £34.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company, and largest and smallest group for which consolidated accounts which include the results of the company are prepared, is headed by Tibbetts 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £31.3m | £31.5m | £34.3m |
| Cost of sales | £31.7m | £22.9m | £22.4m | £25.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £8.4m | £9.2m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £3.2m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £2.4m | £3.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £2.4m | £3.3m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 72 | 72 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.7% | 10.3% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.7% | 29.1% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £435k | £438k | £484k |
| Profit per employee | £36.8k | £33.4k | £45.2k | £27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.8% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.6% | ▲35.2% | ▼40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.8% | 0% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £20.8m | £17.5m | £18.7m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £18.7m | £768k | £817k | £589k |
| Current assets | £18m | £23.8m | £25.3m | £28.7m |
| Debtors | £9.1m | £5.9m | £6.8m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £498k | £492k | £695k | £767k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £484k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £767k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £589k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tibbetts Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tibbetts Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Tibbetts Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Euroquip Automotive LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Tibbetts (Europarts) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Tibbetts Fasteners LimitedRev. — · Profit £800k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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