Ata Timber UK Ltd
Registered name: ATA TIMBER UK LTD
Ata Timber UK Ltd made £27.2m revenue and £144k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Ata Timber UK Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £27.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £144k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £23.1m | £24.8m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £22.4m | £24.2m | £25.8m |
| Gross profit | £471k | £759k | £588k | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £413k | £238k | £215k | £163k |
| Profit before tax | £413k | £244k | £246k | £191k |
| Profit after tax | £334k | £196k | £185k | £144k |
| Profit (best available) | £334k | £196k | £185k | £144k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.2m | £7.7m | £8.3m | £9.1m |
| Profit per employee | £111k | £65.4k | £61.5k | £47.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲7.4% | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.3% | ▼6% | ▼22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £219k | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £580k | £776k | £961k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £9.4m | £9.8m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.1m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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