Tilley Distribution UK Limited
Registered name: TILLEY DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
Tilley Distribution UK Limited made £48m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tilley Distribution UK Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £48m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of essential oils” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.5m | £45.5m | £48m |
| Cost of sales | −£34m | −£38.7m | −£39.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £6.9m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 36 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 15.1% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £45.4k | £31.9k | £42.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21% | ▲63.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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