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Company No. 10608445 · Incorporated 8 Feb 2017

National Timber Group England Limited

Registered name: NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP ENGLAND LIMITED

Part of Prudential Financial Inc group

National Timber Group England Limited made £197m revenue and a £7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text

National Timber Group England Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £197m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £7m and 1,005 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46130Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
Status
In Administration
Location
Brighton, South East
Age
9 yrs · since 2017
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 company's immediate parent company is National Timber Company Midco Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£197m
Growth ▲3.8%
Profit
−£7m
Growth ▼211.4%
Profit margin
−3.6%
Gross 25.4%
Employees
1,005
Change ▲15.3%
Profit / employee
−£7k
Revenue/employee £196k
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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£189m£197m
Cost of sales£139m£147m
Gross profit£50m£49.9m
Operating profit£7.3m−£27.1m
Profit before tax£7m−£6.3m
Profit after tax£6.3m−£7m
Profit (best available)£6.3m−£7m
Staff costs£29.6m£36.5m
Employees (average)8721,005
Ratios
Profit margin3.3%−3.6%
Gross margin26.4%25.4%
Revenue per employee£217k£196k
Profit per employee£7.2k−£7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.8%
Profit growth—▼211.4%
Headcount growth—▲15.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£992k£4.1m
Net assets£33.4m£26.4m
Fixed assets£40.7m£21.7m
Current assets£77.4m£70.4m
Debtors£29m£25.7m
Deferred income£6.2m£4.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
25.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£196k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.1%
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
▼21%
Now £26.4m
Cash at bank
▲314%
Now £4.1m
Headcount
▲15%
Now 1,005
Deferred income
▼27%
Now £4.5m
Fixed assets
▼47%
Now £21.7m

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. Prudential Financial Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. National Timber Group Midco Limited75–100%
  3. National Timber Group England Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (3)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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