Tims Dairy Ltd
Registered name: TIMS DAIRY LTD
Tims Dairy Ltd made £20.4m revenue and £432k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Tims Dairy Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £20.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £432k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other milk products” and is based in Gerrards Cross; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gerrards Cross, South East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £922k | £623k |
| Profit before tax | £788k | £530k |
| Profit after tax | £626k | £432k |
| Profit (best available) | £626k | £432k |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 19.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £267k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £5.5k |
| Cash conversion | −126% | −177.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £66.9k | £111k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −177.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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 £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲65%
- Now £111k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £4.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £432k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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