TOOLSTATION LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2M
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£147M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
5,274
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£37M
+84.8% highest in 3 filed years
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Toolstation squeezed more profit out of flat sales by trimming the overheads. 🛠️📊
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 | £706,400,000 | £720,100,000 | £744,600,000 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £17,300,000 | £19,800,000 | £44,400,000 | +124.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,300,000 | £19,800,000 | £36,600,000 | +84.8% | |
| Net profit | £13,900,000 | £13,900,000 | £25,700,000 | +84.9% | |
| Cash | £3,600,000 | £3,200,000 | £3,200,000 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £140,400,000 | £153,800,000 | £297,200,000 | +93.2% | |
| Net assets | £133,000,000 | £147,600,000 | £147,300,000 | -0.2% | |
| Equity | £133,000,000 | £147,600,000 | £147,300,000 | -0.2% | |
| Average employees | 5,322 | 5,243 | 5,274 | +0.6% | |
| Wages | £125,100,000 | £123,600,000 | £127,400,000 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £700,000 | £1,200,000 | £1,000,000 | -16.7% |
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 | 2.4% | 2.7% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.9% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 12.9% | 14.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.37x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.69x |
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
- TOOLSTATION LIMITED 2002-07-08 → present
- TOOL STATION LIMITED 2002-02-12 → 2002-07-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has the resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus it continues to adopt the going concern assumption in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPG MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-01 | — | — |
| COOPER, Duncan John | Director | 2024-07-15 | Oct 1979 | British |
| SANGHERA, Lakhvir Kaur | Director | 2022-10-01 | May 1980 | British |
| TP DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2023-06-21 | — | — |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, Lucy Jane | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2012-04-19 |
| PIKE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 2012-04-19 | 2013-12-31 |
| STEVENSON, Suzanne | Secretary | 2002-02-12 | 2002-07-01 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-12 | 2002-02-12 |
| BELL, Norman | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2017-07-19 |
| BIRD, Jeremy | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2013-04-08 |
| BUFFIN, Anthony David | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2019-02-26 |
| BURKE, Jonathan Matthew | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2014-08-01 |
| CARROLL, Neil Thomas | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2017-01-01 |
| CHAMP, Nicholas John | Director | 2002-02-12 | 2002-07-01 |
| CLAPPERTON, Julien Francis | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2013-12-31 |
| COX, David James | Director | 2008-07-16 | 2021-12-31 |
| GODDARD-WATTS, Mark | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| HIGGINS, Craig David | Director | 2010-12-06 | 2018-07-31 |
| HOOD, Mark Thomas | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2008-04-04 |
| KEATES, Adam Charles | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| LAVIN, Richard John | Director | 2018-04-13 | 2024-07-19 |
| LYNCH, Lucy Jane | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| MACKENZIE, James Stuart | Director | 2017-07-21 | 2023-03-01 |
| RUSHFORTH, Angela Louise | Director | 2023-08-07 | 2025-12-31 |
| SQUIRES, Helen Katherine Stephanie | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2018-06-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2024-01-23 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-02-12 | 2002-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toolstation Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-17 | Active |
| Travis Perkins Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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