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Company No. 05760213 · Incorporated 28 Mar 2006

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.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45200Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£14.7m
Growth ▼14.1%
Profit
−£407k
Growth ▼330%
Profit margin
−2.8%
Gross 19.1%
Employees
77
Change ▲10%
Profit / employee
−£5.3k
Revenue/employee £191k
Profitable streak
0yrs
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 to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)45627077
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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▼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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Subsidiaries (1)

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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