Thomson Pettie Limited
Registered name: THOMSON PETTIE LIMITED
Part of Thomson Pettie Group Limited groupThomson Pettie Limited made £12.6m revenue and £72.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Thomson Pettie Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £72.3k profit and 150 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Carluke; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carluke, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 was under the control of directors C Thomson and P Thomson.”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.2m | £15.9m | £15.4m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £11.2m | £10.7m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.8m | £4.6m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £983k | £1.8m | £662k | £22.3k |
| Profit before tax | £948k | £1.8m | £683k | £74.6k |
| Profit after tax | £820k | £1.5m | £511k | £72.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £820k | £1.5m | £511k | £72.3k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £4.4m | £5.1m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 135 | 144 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 9.3% | 3.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 30% | 30.1% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.6k | £118k | £107k | £84.1k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £11k | £3.6k | £482 |
| Cash conversion | −121.4% | −75.5% | −204.9% | −4835% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲41.9% | ▼3.5% | ▼18% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲81.8% | ▼65.7% | ▼85.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲6.7% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £383k | £124k | £74.1k | £117k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.5m | £4.9m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.4m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £415k | £477k | £516k | £287k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£1.4m | −£1.4m | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £482
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4835%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £117k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- ▼44%
- Now £287k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Thomson Pettie Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thomson Pettie Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- John D Dunlop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manufacturing Support (Scotland) 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 £72.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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