John Robertson Architects Ltd
Registered name: JOHN ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS LTD
Part of Jra Holdco Ltd groupJohn Robertson Architects Ltd made £7.6m revenue and £621k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Robertson Architects Ltd’s revenue was £7.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £621k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.7m | −£4.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | −£152k | £764k |
| Profit before tax | −£142k | £780k |
| Profit after tax | −£120k | £621k |
| Profit (best available) | −£120k | £621k |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.6k | £93.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.2k | £7.7k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- 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
- —
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Jra Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- John Robertson Architects Ltdthis 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £621k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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