Troy (UK) Limited
Registered name: TROY (UK) LIMITED
Part of Industrial Investments Holdings Limited groupTroy (UK) Limited made £234m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Troy (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £234m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £2.7m and 90 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £228m | £234m |
| Cost of sales | £220m | £227m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | −£57k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | −£857k | −£2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£2.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | −£12.2k | −£30.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 71.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £112k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £7.6m |
| Current assets | £85.3m | £82.3m |
| Debtors | £32.9m | £30.5m |
| Deferred income | £854k | £119k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.1m | £737k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 71.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲274%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £112k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼86%
- Now £119k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £7.6m
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
- Industrial Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Troy (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Safe Stock Solutions LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Trojan Tools LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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