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Company No. 00067442 · Incorporated 13 Oct 1900

Joshua Ellis and Company,limited

Registered name: JOSHUA ELLIS AND COMPANY,LIMITED

Part of Stonecroft Holdings Limited group

Joshua Ellis and Company,limited made £4.5m revenue and a £3.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text

Joshua Ellis and Company,limited’s revenue fell 39% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.3m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “preparation and spinning of textile fibres” and is based in Batley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 13100Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
Status
Active
Location
Batley, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
126 yrs · since 1900
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The directors regard Stonecroft Holdings Limited, registered in England and Wales, to be the company's ultimate parent company and controlling party.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£4.5m
Growth ▼38.9%
Profit
−£3.3m
Growth ▼1549%
Profit margin
−73.8%
Gross −6.9%
Employees
55
Change ▼1.8%
Profit / employee
−£60.5k
Revenue/employee £82k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£7.4m£7.4m£4.5m
Cost of sales£5.6m£5.2m£4.8m
Gross profit£1.7m£2.2m−£310k
Operating profit£106k£410k−£2.3m
Profit before tax−£268k£140k−£3m
Profit after tax−£330k£230k−£3.3m
Profit (best available)−£330k£230k−£3.3m
Staff costs£1.5m£1.8m£1.9m
Employees (average)575655
Ratios
Profit margin−4.5%3.1%−73.8%
Gross margin23.6%29.3%−6.9%
Revenue per employee£130k£132k£82k
Profit per employee−£5.8k£4.1k−£60.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼0%▼38.9%
Profit growth——▼1549%
Headcount growth—▼1.8%▼1.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£16.2k£13.2k£4.6k
Net assets£180k£409k−£2.9m
Fixed assets£843k£795k£714k
Current assets£10.6m£9.7m£7.2m
Debtors£1.5m£1.3m£290k
Deferred income£9.4k£0£113k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−73.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−6.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£82k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£60.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
15.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▼813%
Now −£2.9m
Cash at bank
▼66%
Now £4.6k
Headcount
▼2%
Now 55
Deferred income
—
Now £113k
Fixed assets
▼10%
Now £714k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Stonecroft Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sil Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Joshua Ellis and Company,limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (31)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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