Ben Bennett JR Limited
Registered name: BEN BENNETT JR LIMITED
Ben Bennett JR Limited made £11.9m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ben Bennett JR Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11.9m in the year to 30 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 100 yrs · since 1925
- 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: “Ben Bennett Jr Limited is ultimately controlled by The Bennett Family Trust 2025.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £12.8m | £12.4m | £12.5m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £8.2m | £8m | £7.4m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £627k | £854k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £627k | £854k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 4.9% | 6.9% | 10.5% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 36.2% | 35.6% | 40.7% | 45% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £194k | £194k | £195k | £198k |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | £9.5k | £13.3k | £20.5k | £24.3k |
| Cash conversion | −121.6% | −127.4% | −118.6% | −175.8% | −194.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.5% | ▼2.8% | ▲0.2% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.8% | ▲36.3% | ▲53.5% | ▲11.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼3% | 0% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3.2m | £2.4m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £11.5m | £12.4m | £13.7m | £15.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2m | £8.2m | £9.5m | £9.9m | £10.9m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £6.9m | £6.5m | £7.4m | £8m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £582k | £960k | £754k | £533k | £524k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1.9m | −£1.2m | −£2.2m | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £198k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −194.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲11%
- Now £15.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £524k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £10.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Super Limes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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