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Company No. 05536038 · Incorporated 15 Aug 2005

The Tibbetts Group Limited

Registered name: THE TIBBETTS GROUP LIMITED

Part of Tibbetts Global Limited group

The Tibbetts Group Limited made £34.3m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

The Tibbetts Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £34.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Banbury, South East
Age
21 yrs · since 2005
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 immediate and ultimate parent company, and largest and smallest group for which consolidated accounts which include the results of the company are prepared, is headed by Tibbetts Holdings Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£34.3m
Growth ▲8.9%
Profit
£1.9m
Growth ▼40.8%
Profit margin
5.6%
Gross 26.6%
Employees
71
Change ▼1.4%
Profit / employee
£27.2k
Revenue/employee £484k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£31.3m£31.5m£34.3m
Cost of sales£31.7m£22.9m£22.4m£25.2m
Gross profit—£8.4m£9.2m£9.1m
Operating profit—£3.7m£3.7m£3.9m
Profit before tax£4.4m£3.2m£4.2m£2.5m
Profit after tax£3.6m£2.4m£3.3m£1.9m
Profit (best available)£3.6m£2.4m£3.3m£1.9m
Staff costs£3.8m£3.1m£3.4m£3.3m
Employees (average)97727271
Ratios
Profit margin—7.7%10.3%5.6%
Gross margin—26.7%29.1%26.6%
Revenue per employee—£435k£438k£484k
Profit per employee£36.8k£33.4k£45.2k£27.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲0.8%▲8.9%
Profit growth—▼32.6%▲35.2%▼40.8%
Headcount growth—▼25.8%0%▼1.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£2.2m£2.2m£2.9m
Net assets£20.8m£17.5m£18.7m£19.3m
Fixed assets£18.7m£768k£817k£589k
Current assets£18m£23.8m£25.3m£28.7m
Debtors£9.1m£5.9m£6.8m£7.5m
Deferred income£498k£492k£695k£767k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£484k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£27.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲3%
Now £19.3m
Cash at bank
▲33%
Now £2.9m
Headcount
▼1%
Now 71
Deferred income
▲10%
Now £767k
Fixed assets
▼28%
Now £589k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Tibbetts Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Tibbetts Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. The Tibbetts Group Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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