Francis Tuthill Limited
Registered name: FRANCIS TUTHILL LIMITED
Francis Tuthill Limited made £14.7m revenue and a £407k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Francis Tuthill Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £407k and 77 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.1m | £17.1m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.6m | £14m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.6m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | — | −£107k | −£29.7k | −£187k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£166k | −£83.2k | −£322k |
| Profit after tax | — | £138k | £177k | −£407k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £138k | £177k | −£407k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 62 | 70 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.1% | 1% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.1% | 18% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £195k | £244k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.2k | £2.5k | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲41.1% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲28.5% | ▼330% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲37.8% | ▲12.9% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £618k | £2.1m | £2.1m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.3m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £440k | £1m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £14.3m | £13m | £24.2m |
| Debtors | £971k | £3.4m | £2.3m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £547k | £2.6m | £1.3m | £4.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 48%
- 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
- ▼43%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲241%
- Now £4.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲57%
- Now £2.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- One of 22 LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£407k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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