TIFLEX LIMITED
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Cash
£5k
-28.6% lowest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£7.6m
-2.5% vs 2025
Employees
167
+5.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.3m
-49.6% first positive since 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,127,000 | £13,069,000 | £16,253,000 | £12,137,000 | £17,292,000 | £15,710,000 | £15,452,000 | -1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £481,000 | £2,099,000 | £2,473,000 | -£196,000 | £2,438,000 | £2,096,000 | £945,000 | -54.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £484,000 | £2,100,000 | £2,477,000 | -£193,000 | £2,451,000 | £2,528,000 | £1,273,000 | -49.6% | |
| Net profit | £252,000 | £2,020,000 | £2,408,000 | -£228,000 | £2,318,000 | £2,032,000 | £1,041,000 | -48.8% | |
| Cash | £315,000 | £120,000 | £524,000 | £15,000 | £15,000 | £7,000 | £5,000 | -28.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,985,000 | £6,941,000 | £9,429,000 | £4,280,000 | £7,603,000 | £8,989,000 | £8,564,000 | -4.7% | |
| Net assets | £4,977,000 | £6,941,000 | £9,349,000 | £4,133,000 | £6,491,000 | £7,778,000 | £7,580,000 | -2.5% | |
| Equity | £4,977,000 | £6,941,000 | £9,349,000 | £4,133,000 | £6,491,000 | £7,778,000 | £7,580,000 | -2.5% | |
| Average employees | 167 | 158 | 151 | 144 | 145 | 158 | 167 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £4,420,000 | £4,330,000 | £4,302,000 | £4,293,000 | £4,681,000 | £5,162,000 | £5,599,000 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £471,000 | £630,000 | £595,000 | £287,000 | £518,000 | £459,000 | £331,000 | -27.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | — | — | — | £52,000 | £56,000 | £59,000 | +5.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | — | — | — | £174,000 | £189,000 | £173,000 | -8.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 16.1% | 15.2% | -1.6% | 14.1% | 13.3% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 15.5% | 14.8% | -1.9% | 13.4% | 12.9% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 30.2% | 26.2% | -4.6% | 32.1% | 23.3% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.8% | 23.5% | 33.8% | 31.8% | 35.3% | 34.8% | 27.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.48x | 2.59x | 3.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TIFLEX LIMITED 1990-04-01 → present
- FLEXIBLE CORK COMPANY LIMITED 1945-04-11 → 1990-04-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- TIFLEX LIMITED · parent
- Acoustic Polymers Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Tom Giles Wilson | Director | 2015-06-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| JACKSON, David Bernard Murray | Director | 2014-03-03 | Oct 1972 | British |
| NEEB, Diederik | Director | 2021-12-01 | May 1965 | Dutch |
| ORTON, Matthew William | Director | 2023-01-03 | Nov 1988 | British |
| SEARLE, Nathan Andrew | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Patricia Jane | Secretary | 2006-01-27 | 2018-08-31 |
| DUNN, Philip | Secretary | 2000-02-11 | 2006-01-27 |
| DUNN, Philip | Secretary | 1995-06-05 | 1997-11-14 |
| HILL, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 1995-06-05 |
| KHALDI, Fiona Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 2019-11-20 | 2019-12-20 |
| OLDING, Keith | Secretary | 1997-08-18 | 2000-02-11 |
| RAY, Richard Bardrick | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2019-01-24 |
| BULLOCK, Graham | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2004-12-31 |
| CAULFIELD, Paul James | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2022-03-28 |
| FLEMING, Malcolm Patrick | Director | — | 1998-07-01 |
| GALLOWAY, David | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2014-01-31 |
| HALL, Angus Harold | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2017-01-20 |
| HIGGINS, Christopher John | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HOUCK, Annes Johan | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2014-08-31 |
| KENYON, Hugh Matthew | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-10-06 |
| NEEDHAM, Peter George | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2021-12-01 |
| ROGERS, Hugh Thomas | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| SAVAGE, Malcolm Douglas | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| SPEARMAN, Ralph Nicholas | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2015-05-17 |
| STILES, Patrick Vincent | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| STILES, Patrick Vincent | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| TRAYNER, Roderick Drummond | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| TUFFIELD, Andrew | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2008-01-01 |
| WAKEFIELD, Adrian Simon | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Walker Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.