National Timber Group England Limited
Registered name: NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP ENGLAND LIMITED
Part of Prudential Financial Inc groupNational 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.
- 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.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 872 | 1,005 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | −3.6% |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Prudential Financial Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- National Timber Group Midco Limited75–100%
- National Timber Group England Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- S. V. Timber LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- National Timber Group Scotland LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £84.2m · Profit −£2.3m
- Arnold Laver Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LHSL 2 LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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