The news comes as the discount retailer announced it was to expand its chain of 30 discount department stores into Scotland next year, and expects to have a presence in 200 towns across the UK eventually.
"Our second half year got off to a good start with overall sales ahead by over 30 per cent and like-for-like sales up by 7.1 per cent. After the short-term effect of the petrol dispute, our sales are coming back strongly. We are confident of achieving a successful outcome for the year to end-January," said George Foster, chief executive.
Profits before tax increased to 42.1 per cent to £2.6m and earnings per share increased 41.3 per cent to 6.77p.
The retailer continues to expand, with new stores opened during the first half in Boscombe, Crawley, Weston-Super-Mare and Burnley. A further store was opened in Doncaster in September.
T J Hughes enters the peak trading season with 948,000 sq ft net selling space in 30 stores - 22 per cent higher than last year.