Tilhill Forestry Limited
Registered name: TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED
Part of Binderholz UK Group Limited groupTilhill Forestry Limited made £254m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tilhill Forestry Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £254m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.6m profit and 355 employees. The company is classified under “silviculture and other forestry activities” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £220m | £227m | £254m |
| Cost of sales | −£210m | −£216m | −£238m |
| Gross profit | £10.6m | £10.9m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £4.4m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £5m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £735k | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £735k | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 238 | 235 | 355 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £926k | £964k | £715k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | £3.1k | £12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲12% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76.5% | ▲523.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲51.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £715k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now 355
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Binderholz UK Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- West Moorland 100 Limited75–100%
- BSW Timber Limited75–100%
- Tilhill Forestry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Bayram Timber LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BSW Sawmills LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BSW Timber Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Combine Pallet Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DB Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hambrook Pallets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maelor Forest Nurseries Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlaw Pallet Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pallet Loop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Group Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Timber LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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