The Tank Museum Limited
Registered name: THE TANK MUSEUM LIMITED
The Tank Museum Limited made £10.8m revenue and £362k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Tank Museum Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £362k profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “museums activities” and is based in Wareham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wareham, South West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £9.5m | £9.8m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £681k | £13.3k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £681k | £362k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £681k | £362k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £681k | £362k |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 121 | 132 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 6.9% | 3.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.5k | £81.3k | £81.9k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | £5.6k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.9% | ▼46.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Tank Museum Trading Company LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £436k
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 £362k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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