Thames Materials Limited
Registered name: THAMES MATERIALS LIMITED
Part of Holcim Participations (UK) Limited groupThames Materials Limited made £29.2m revenue and £922k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Thames Materials Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £922k profit. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Coalville; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coalville, East Midlands
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.8m | £32.9m | £30m | £30m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £26m | £24.4m | £24.3m | −£24.3m | −£24.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8.5m | £5.8m | £5.8m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | −£123k |
| Profit before tax | £4.3m | £1.8m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £1.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £922k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £1.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £922k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.8m | £4.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 93 | 85 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 3.5% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 25.8% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £412k | £354k | £354k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £41.4k | £12.5k | £29.2k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −138.5% | −380.3% | −495.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▼8.7% | — | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.8% | ▲113.2% | — | ▼62.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▼8.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £10.2m | £11.1m | £16.7m | — | — |
| Net assets | £30.9m | £32m | £34.4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £755k | £636k | £660k | — | — |
| Current assets | £38.8m | £42.8m | £47.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £9.6m | £7.2m | £6.3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £193k | £194k | £323k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£6.1m | −£7.7m | −£11.8m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holcim Participations (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Holcim UK Holdings 1 Limited75–100%
- Holcim UK Holdings 2 Limited75–100%
- Holcim UK Limited75–100%
- Thames Materials Holdings Limited75–100%
- Thames Materials 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 2025 (profit £922k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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