Thorntoun Limited
Registered name: THORNTOUN LIMITED
Part of Thorntoun (2008) Limited groupThorntoun Limited made £6.2m revenue and £776k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Thorntoun Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £776k profit and 174 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Kilmarnock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
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) | £4.8m | £5m | £5.7m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £735k | £377k | £787k | £917k |
| Profit before tax | £794k | £440k | £872k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £624k | £357k | £651k | £776k |
| Profit (best available) | £624k | £357k | £651k | £776k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 172 | 182 | 174 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13% | 7.1% | 11.4% | 12.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 21.6% | 31.3% | 33.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £26.8k | £29.2k | £31.5k | £35.4k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £2.1k | £3.6k | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲14% | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.9% | ▲82.7% | ▲19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲5.8% | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.2m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.6m | £5.6m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £193k | £451k | £471k | £535k |
| Deferred income | £341k | £567k | £606k | £556k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 174
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £556k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Thorntoun (2008) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thorntoun Estate Limited75–100%
- Thorntoun Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Thorntoun (Ayrshire) LimitedFigures 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 £776k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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