J.C.B. Service
Registered name: J.C.B. SERVICE
J.C.B. Service made £5.7bn revenue and £472m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
J.C.B. Service’s revenue fell 1% to £5.7bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £472m profit and 14,927 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of earthmoving equipment” and is based in Uttoxeter, Staffs; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uttoxeter, Staffs
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.5bn | £5.8bn | £5.7bn |
| Cost of sales | −£4.9bn | −£4.4bn | −£4.3bn |
| Gross profit | £1.5bn | £1.4bn | £1.4bn |
| Operating profit | £815m | £693m | £658m |
| Profit before tax | £806m | £687m | £642m |
| Profit after tax | £621m | £498m | £472m |
| Profit (best available) | £621m | £498m | £472m |
| Employees (average) | 13,571 | 14,734 | 14,927 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 24% | 23.9% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £476k | £394k | £383k |
| Profit per employee | £45.7k | £33.8k | £31.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.8% | ▼5.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £383k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 14,927
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (17)
- J C B Attachments Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- J.C. Bamford Excavators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J.C.B. Earthmovers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J.c.b.sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Access LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Accounting and Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- JCB Cab Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Compact Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Connected Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Consumer Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Finance International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Financial Solutions UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Mini Excavators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Parts LtdFigures not disclosed
- JCB Power Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Special Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB TransmissionsFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £472m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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