J.S. Hubbuck Limited
Registered name: J.S. HUBBUCK LIMITED
J.S. Hubbuck Limited made £14.8m revenue and £185k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
J.S. Hubbuck Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £14.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £185k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Hexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hexham, North East
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £16.2m | £12m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £14.9m | £11m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £759k | £555k | £252k | £252k |
| Profit before tax | £762k | £604k | £595k | £269k |
| Profit after tax | £589k | £470k | £491k | £185k |
| Profit (best available) | £589k | £470k | £491k | £185k |
| Staff costs | £470k | £476k | £440k | £474k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 8% | 8.7% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £49.1k | £47k | £54.6k | £16.8k |
| Cash conversion | −19.3% | −43.3% | −254.8% | −163.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼25.7% | ▲22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.2% | ▲4.5% | ▼62.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼10% | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £576k | £221k | £333k | £237k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £55.4k | £47.7k | £29.4k | £26.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£146k | −£240k | −£642k | −£412k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −163.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £237k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £26.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £185k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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