Thames Valley Controls Limited
Registered name: THAMES VALLEY CONTROLS LIMITED
Part of Elevation Acquisitionco Llc groupThames Valley Controls Limited made £10.8m revenue and £673k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Thames Valley Controls Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £673k profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Flint; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Flint, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £779k | £744k |
| Profit before tax | £780k | £754k |
| Profit after tax | £695k | £673k |
| Profit (best available) | £695k | £673k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | 104.3% | −201.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £446k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £175k | £256k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £515k | £683k |
| Cash from operations | £812k | −£1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −201.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲170%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £683k
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £256k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elevation Acquisitionco Llc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Thames Valley Controls 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £673k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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