TOOLSTATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-15 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-11.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£148M
+11% vs 2023
Employees
5,243
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20M
+14.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TOOLSTATION LIMITED 2002-07-08 → present
- TOOL STATION LIMITED 2002-02-12 → 2002-07-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £706,400,000 | £720,100,000 | |
| Operating profit | £17,300,000 | £19,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,300,000 | £19,800,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,900,000 | £13,900,000 | |
| Cash | £3,600,000 | £3,200,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £140,400,000 | £153,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £133,000,000 | £147,600,000 | |
| Equity | £133,000,000 | £147,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,322 | 5,243 | |
| Wages | £125,100,000 | £123,600,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 12.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.37x |
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
- KPMG 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. Further details regarding the going concern basis can be found in note 2 of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The closure of the Daventry distribution centre during 2024 continued the process of optimising the distribution network for the business, following the investment in a new distribution centre in Pineham and the closure of the Bridgwater distribution centre in 2023 were important landmarks in achieving both improving efficiencies in the distribution network and providing a platform for further growth.”
- “Investment continued in the branch network with 22 branches opening in 2024, bringing the overall network up to 587. With 209 new branches opening since 2020, ongoing maturity will be a big driver for future growth.”
- “The introduction of a new loyalty scheme, Toolstation Club, in early 2024 has been successful in driving sales growth for the business with 300,000 customer sign ups by 31 December 2024”
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 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£706,400,000 £720,100,000
-
Cash
-11.1%
£3,600,000 £3,200,000
-
Net assets
+11%
£133,000,000 £147,600,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
5,322 5,243
-
Operating profit
+14.5%
£17,300,000 £19,800,000
-
Profit before tax
+14.5%
£17,300,000 £19,800,000
-
Wages
-1.2%
£125,100,000 £123,600,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers