Thomas Johnstone Limited
Registered name: THOMAS JOHNSTONE LIMITED
Part of Tjh1868 Limited groupThomas Johnstone Limited made £74.1m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Thomas Johnstone Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £74.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 217 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Inchinnan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Inchinnan, Scotland
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59.4m | £86.5m | £84.4m | £74.1m |
| Cost of sales | £51.1m | £72.9m | £70.7m | £60.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £13.5m | £13.7m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | £872k | £3.8m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £769k | £3.9m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £656k | £2.9m | £4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £656k | £2.9m | £4m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £10.1m | £11.5m | £12.6m | £13.3m |
| Employees (average) | 199 | 209 | 214 | 217 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 14% | 15.6% | 16.2% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £299k | £414k | £394k | £341k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £14.1k | £18.6k | £9.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.5% | ▼2.4% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲349.8% | ▲34.7% | ▼47.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲2.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £12.3m | £8.6m | £17.2m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £8.1m | £11.5m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £18.9m | £31.3m | £27.9m | £32.5m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £9.5m | £10.2m | £7.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £341k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▲101%
- Now £17.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 217
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tjh1868 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thomas Johnstone (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Thomas Johnstone Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Macrocom (1053) 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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