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Company No. 08626874 · Incorporated 26 Jul 2013

Thames Materials Holdings Limited

Registered name: THAMES MATERIALS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Part of Holcim Participations (UK) Limited group

Thames Materials Holdings Limited made £30m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.

Thames Materials Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £30m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £3.3m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Coalville; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Status
Active
Location
Coalville, East Midlands
Age
13 yrs · since 2013
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2024

Key figures

Small teamBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£30m
Growth ▼7.5%
Profit
£3.3m
Growth ▲11.9%
Profit margin
11.1%
 
Employees
1
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£3.3m
Revenue/employee £30m
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202231 Oct 202331 Oct 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£34.1m£32.5m£30m
Cost of sales£22.4m£19.7m£19.7m
Profit after tax£3.3m£3m£3.3m
Profit (best available)£3.3m£3m£3.3m
Staff costs£0£0£0
Employees (average)111
Ratios
Profit margin9.7%9.2%11.1%
Revenue per employee£34.1m£32.5m£30m
Profit per employee£3.3m£3m£3.3m
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼4.6%▼7.5%
Profit growth—▼9.8%▲11.9%
Headcount growth—0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.5m£2.4m£1.7m
Net assets£9.3m£12.2m£15.5m
Fixed assets£10.9m£8.6m£7.4m
Current assets£6.5m£6.5m£10.5m
Debtors£0£0£102k
Deferred income£6.8k£9.8k£10k
Cash from operations−£5.5m−£238k−£879k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£30m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.3m
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
24.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.3%
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
▲27%
Now £15.5m
Cash at bank
▼30%
Now £1.7m
Headcount
0%
Now 1
Deferred income
▲2%
Now £10k
Fixed assets
▼14%
Now £7.4m

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

Ownership chain

  1. Holcim Participations (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Holcim UK Holdings 1 Limited75–100%
  3. Holcim UK Holdings 2 Limited75–100%
  4. Holcim UK Limited75–100%
  5. Thames Materials Holdings Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (31)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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