R. Tindall (Fabricators) Limited
Registered name: R. TINDALL (FABRICATORS) LIMITED
Part of R Tindall Group Ltd groupR. Tindall (Fabricators) Limited made £15.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
R. Tindall (Fabricators) Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £15.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1m profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “cold forming or folding” and is based in Oldham Lancs; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham Lancs, North West
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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 | 29 Apr 2023 | 29 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £12.8m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £10.1m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.7m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £495k | £730k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £456k | £701k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £304k | £504k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £304k | £504k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 60 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 21.1% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £214k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £8.4k | £14.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.7% | ▲19.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲66% | ▲105.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▲21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £48.6k | £90.8k | £117k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5m | £6m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.1m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £49.4k | £235k | £354k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- 26.9%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £117k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £354k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.5m
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
- R Tindall Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- R. Tindall (Fabricators) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- R. Tindall (Fabricators) Holdings 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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