Tough Limited
Registered name: TOUGH LIMITED
Tough Limited made £18.3m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Tough Limited’s revenue grew 84% to £18.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £9.9m | £10m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7.1m | £7.4m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.4m | £1m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.4m | £1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.1m | £780k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.1m | £780k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 134 | 126 | 202 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.6% | 11.4% | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 28.6% | 25.8% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.6k | £73.9k | £79.1k | £90.6k |
| Profit per employee | £16.8k | £8.4k | £6.2k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▲0.7% | ▲83.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.9% | ▼30.8% | ▲36.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼6% | ▲60.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £410k | £435k | £485k | £575k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.6m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1k | £1.1k | £1.1k | £1.1k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £575k
- Headcount
- ▲60%
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.1k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Unitmovements LimitedRev. £18.3m · Profit £1m
- Safe Room 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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