Specialist Tiling Supplies Limited
Registered name: SPECIALIST TILING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Benton Oak Investments Limited groupSpecialist Tiling Supplies Limited made £18.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Specialist Tiling Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £18.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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) | £17.4m | £17.6m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £12.6m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £5m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £1m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £753k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £753k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 46 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.2% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 28.3% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £404k | £382k | £417k |
| Profit per employee | £57.4k | £16.4k | £36.2k |
| Cash conversion | 106.5% | 9.4% | 151.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.5% | ▲111.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £494k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.6m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £619k | £520k | £491k |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £6.6m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | £95k | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £417k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 151.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲122%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £491k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Benton Oak Investments Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Hyfield Group Limited75–100%
- Specialist Tiling Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Nomoreply LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Alberton Investments 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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