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Company No. 01423814 · Incorporated 29 May 1979

John Anthony (Swindon) Limited

Registered name: JOHN ANTHONY (SWINDON) LIMITED

Part of Frasers Group PLC group

John Anthony (Swindon) Limited made £4.7m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2024.

John Anthony (Swindon) Limited’s revenue was £4.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with a loss of £1.9m. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Liquidation
Location
Manchester
Age
47 yrs · since 1979
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£4.7m
Growth —
Profit
−£1.9m
Growth —
Profit margin
−40.6%
Gross 17%
Employees
—
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202330 Apr 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£4.7m£4.7m
Cost of sales−£3.2m−£3.9m
Gross profit£1.5m£797k
Operating profit−£715k−£1.8m
Profit before tax−£717k−£1.8m
Profit after tax−£568k−£1.9m
Profit (best available)−£568k−£1.9m
Employees (average)——
Ratios
Profit margin−12%−40.6%
Gross margin32.7%17%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets——
SourceAccounts · bulk data May 2025Accounts · bulk data May 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−40.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
17%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
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.
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
—
Now —
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Frasers Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. Frasers Group Trading Limited75–100%
  3. Mta John Anthony (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  4. John Anthony (Swindon) Limitedthis company

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

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

Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026

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