TENNANTS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Cash
£38M
+3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£75M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
182
+2.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.6M
-34.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £173,198,000 | £153,427,000 | £153,385,000 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | £20,458,000 | £12,552,000 | £8,425,000 | -32.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,677,000 | £14,616,000 | £9,635,000 | -34.1% | |
| Net profit | £16,739,000 | £10,678,000 | £7,198,000 | -32.6% | |
| Cash | £47,030,000 | £36,768,000 | £38,206,000 | +3.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £81,915,000 | £75,782,000 | £78,674,000 | +3.8% | |
| Net assets | £78,158,000 | £71,636,000 | £74,554,000 | +4.1% | |
| Equity | £78,158,000 | £71,636,000 | £74,554,000 | +4.1% | |
| Average employees | 175 | 177 | 182 | +2.8% | |
| Wages | £7,815,000 | £8,293,000 | £9,027,000 | +8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £615,000 | £834,000 | £862,000 | +3.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 8.2% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 7.0% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.0% | 16.6% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.3% | 21.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 6.86x | 4.77x | 4.75x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date these accounts were approved. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- TENNANTS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED · parent
- Charles Tennant & Company Limited 100%
- Charles Tennant SARL 100%
- Tennants GmbH 100%
- Arrowsped Logistics Limited 100%
- Tennants (Lancashire) Limited 100%
- Charles Tennant & Co. (London) Limited 100%
- Mark Day Limited 100%
- Tennant Trading Chemicals Limited 99%
- Joseph Crowther (Chemicals) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At our Manchester site we installed a 150kw solar PV system in 2025 and a further installation will be completed in 2026, reducing emissions and dependency on external supplies. Other measures are planned to continue to reduce CO2 remissions and to be net zero by 2050.”
- “In January 2026 the company completed the acquisition of a chemical distribution business in Spain, an expansion which increases its capability and technical expertise in the water treatment sector.”
- “On 11 February 2026, the directors approved a cash dividend of £32,399,000 and the company received a £25,000,000 loan from its parent company, Tennants Consolidated Limited. These were non-adjusting events and not recognised in these financial statements.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the company entered into a debenture in connection with a £150m revolving credit facility entered into by its parent undertaking, Tennants Consolidated Limited. Under the terms of the debenture, the company has granted fixed and floating charges over its assets and has provided a guarantee in respect of amounts drawn under the facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NADIN, Richard James | Secretary | 2026-04-23 | — | — |
| GRIFFITHS, Timothy | Director | 2016-03-23 | Jun 1974 | British |
| HUGHES, Michael Gary | Director | 2023-03-21 | Aug 1968 | British |
| KELLY, Maria Elaine | Director | 2016-03-23 | Dec 1979 | British |
| PRICE, Barry David | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, William Arnold Royston | Secretary | 2002-01-02 | 2003-09-30 |
| PRICE, Barry David | Secretary | 2013-01-11 | 2026-04-23 |
| SLOAN, Sean William | Secretary | 2003-10-01 | 2013-01-11 |
| TAYLER, David Robert | Secretary | 1995-11-28 | 2002-01-02 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-28 | 1995-11-28 |
| ALEXANDER, Duncan James | Director | 1996-09-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| ALEXANDER, Stuart Edward Ritchie | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2018-03-27 |
| ALEXANDER, William Paul | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| CLARK, Ronald Goodwin | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2002-04-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Mark | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2022-05-09 |
| MACDONALD, William Learmond | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2002-03-25 |
| MELLING, James | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2003-07-10 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew Fraser John | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2020-11-30 |
| WICKEN, Michael William | Director | 1999-11-16 | 2006-03-31 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-11-28 | 1995-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennants Consolidated Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.