Thorpe's Joinery Limited
Registered name: THORPE'S JOINERY LIMITED
Part of Thorpe Interior Group Limited groupThorpe's Joinery Limited made £18.8m revenue and £342k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Thorpe's Joinery Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £342k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in Market Harborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Harborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 company's parent and ultimate parent company is Thorpe Interior Group Limited. The registered office of Thorpe Interior Group Limited is Unit D Harrison Road, Airfield Business Park, Market Haboro”
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 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £17m | £14.2m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £12.8m | £9.8m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£12k | £1.1m | £898k | £233k |
| Profit before tax | −£45.2k | £1m | £866k | £204k |
| Profit after tax | £104k | £906k | £813k | £342k |
| Profit (best available) | £104k | £906k | £813k | £342k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 98 | 101 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 24.8% | 31.2% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £174k | £141k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £9.2k | £8.1k | £3.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −131.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.8% | ▼16.4% | ▲32.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲769.7% | ▼10.2% | ▼57.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% | ▲3.1% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £291 | £483k | £54.5k | £13.4k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £526k | £569k | £576k | £568k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £72.3k | £348k | £398k | £379k |
| Cash from operations | −£34.5k | −£1.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £13.4k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £379k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £568k
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
- Thorpe Interior Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thorpe's Joinery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- GTG Joinery Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Merchant Contracts LtdFigures not disclosed
- Thorpe's Flooring LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thorpes of Great Glen LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £342k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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