Tallon International Limited
Registered name: TALLON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Zintello Merchants Limited groupTallon International Limited made £17.7m revenue and £529k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Tallon International Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £529k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1973
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £17.8m | £18.3m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £12.2m | £12.5m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £725k | £666k | £736k | £705k |
| Profit before tax | £719k | £626k | £694k | £705k |
| Profit after tax | £578k | £491k | £513k | £529k |
| Profit (best available) | £578k | £491k | £513k | £529k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 50 | 50 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 31.4% | 31.7% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £317k | £355k | £366k | £384k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £9.8k | £10.3k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲3.1% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15% | ▲4.5% | ▲3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.4% | 0% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £124k | £282k | £258k | £403k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £8.5m | £8.2m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £384k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲53%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲56%
- Now £403k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zintello Merchants Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tallon International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Easynote Stationery Co 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 £529k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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