Talk Straight Group Limited
Registered name: TALK STRAIGHT GROUP LIMITED
Part of Talk Straight Holdings Limited groupTalk Straight Group Limited made £3.8m revenue and £449k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Talk Straight Group Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £3.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £449k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Ilkley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilkley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “Up to 19 July 2024, the company was controlled by D G Tindall through his direct shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£20.5k | −£88.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£20.5k | £449k |
| Profit after tax | −£20.5k | £449k |
| Profit (best available) | −£20.5k | £449k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.7k | £58.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£354 | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.9k | £50.8k |
| Net assets | £1.4k | £184k |
| Current assets | £101k | £286k |
| Debtors | £96.5k | £235k |
| Deferred income | £37k | £44.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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
- ▲12841%
- Now £184k
- Cash at bank
- ▲931%
- Now £50.8k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £44.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Talk Straight Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Talk Straight Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Talk Straight LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £111k
- School Broadband LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £449k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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