Thorncliffe Building Supplies Limited
Registered name: THORNCLIFFE BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Thorncliffe Building Supplies Limited made £45.1m revenue and £857k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Thorncliffe Building Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £45.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £857k profit and 271 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Dyserth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dyserth, Wales
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 controlling party is Mr T J Harper by virtue of his majority shareholding in the company.”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.2m | £43.1m | £44.2m | £45.1m |
| Cost of sales | £27.4m | £27.7m | £28.3m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £14.8m | £15.4m | £15.9m | £18.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £547k | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £534k | £572k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £683k | £779k | £262k | £857k |
| Profit (best available) | £683k | £779k | £262k | £857k |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £8.7m | £9.2m | £10.2m |
| Employees (average) | 250 | 264 | 268 | 271 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 35% | 35.6% | 35.9% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £163k | £165k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £2.9k | £978 | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −214.7% | −519.9% | −391.9% | −279.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲2.5% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼66.3% | ▲226.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲1.5% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4k | £15k | £94.6k | £206k |
| Net assets | £12.3m | £12.9m | £13m | £13.7m |
| Fixed assets | £18.6m | £18.2m | £18.4m | £21.5m |
| Current assets | £9m | £9.5m | £8.9m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £289k | £15.1k | £15k | £83.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.6m | −£2.8m | −£4.2m | −£5.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −279.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £13.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £206k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 271
- Deferred income
- ▲454%
- Now £83.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £21.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Flintshire Steel Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Flintshire Waste Management and Recycling Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Garden Machinery LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £857k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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