Thornton Tomasetti Defence Limited
Registered name: THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED
Thornton Tomasetti Defence Limited made £7.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Thornton Tomasetti Defence Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 ultimate parent company is Thornton Tomasetti Inc, a company registered in the United States of America, with a registered address of 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271, USA. This is the largest and”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.3m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £425k | £37.8k | £819k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £425k | £37.8k | £819k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 37 | 38 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 11.8% | 14% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 62.2% | 66.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £183k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £1k | £21.6k | £25.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91.1% | ▲2070% | ▲28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲2.7% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £173k | £57.1k | £230k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m | £3.9m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £937k | £857k | £965k | £819k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.9m | £6m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £899k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £991k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲393%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £819k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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