JCB Compact Products Limited
Registered name: JCB COMPACT PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of J.C.B. Service groupJCB Compact Products Limited made £248m revenue and a £988k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
JCB Compact Products Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £248m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £988k and 435 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of earthmoving equipment” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited 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) | £582m | £337m | £248m |
| Cost of sales | −£491m | −£309m | −£232m |
| Gross profit | £90.8m | £27.7m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £52m | £2.3m | −£3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £55m | £5.4m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £42.1m | £8.4m | −£988k |
| Profit (best available) | £42.1m | £8.4m | −£988k |
| Employees (average) | 577 | 468 | 435 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 2.5% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 8.2% | 6.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £719k | £570k |
| Profit per employee | £73k | £18k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼42.2% | ▼26.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.1% | ▼111.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.9% | ▼7% |
| 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
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £570k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 435
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- J.C.B. Serviceultimate parent75–100%
- JCB Compact Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- 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 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 −£988k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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