Anglian Timber Limited
Registered name: ANGLIAN TIMBER LIMITED
Part of Castlewood Holdings Limited groupAnglian Timber Limited made £7.2m revenue and £66.1k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Anglian Timber Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £7.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £66.1k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Manningtree; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manningtree, East of England
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £9.7m | £7.4m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £7.5m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £918k | £461k | £388k | £83.4k |
| Profit before tax | £918k | £461k | £396k | £110k |
| Profit after tax | £760k | £377k | £297k | £66.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £760k | £377k | £297k | £66.1k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 56 | 52 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 3.9% | 4% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 22.3% | 24.6% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £194k | £173k | £143k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £6.7k | £5.7k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.2% | ▼23% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.5% | ▼21.2% | ▼77.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼7.1% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £765k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £242k | £201k | £286k | £458k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.2m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £92.5k | £134k | £76.3k | £121k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £765k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▲59%
- Now £121k
- Fixed assets
- ▲60%
- Now £458k
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
- Castlewood Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Anglian Timber Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £66.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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