Halliwell Jones (Chester) Limited
Registered name: HALLIWELL JONES (CHESTER) LIMITED
Part of MJQ Trustees Limited groupHalliwell Jones (Chester) Limited made £149m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Halliwell Jones (Chester) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £149m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Halliwell Jones Holdings (Chester) Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. This company is under the control of P Jones due”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114m | £119m | £140m | £149m |
| Cost of sales | £101m | £105m | £126m | −£134m |
| Gross profit | £13.5m | £13.8m | £14m | £14.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £3.4m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £3.2m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £2.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £2.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.7m | £7.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 167 | 174 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 2% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 11.7% | 10% | 10% |
| Revenue per employee | £840k | £710k | £805k | — |
| Profit per employee | £26.8k | £14.2k | £8.6k | — |
| Cash conversion | −37.1% | −28.8% | −111.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲18.1% | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35% | ▼37.1% | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▲4.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £598k | £1.6m | — |
| Net assets | £25m | £27.4m | £28.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £10.2m | £10.8m | £10.8m | — |
| Current assets | £31.3m | £35.7m | £45.6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3.8m | £5.9m | — |
| Deferred income | £622k | £775k | £794k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£990k | −£2.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MJQ Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Group Limited75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Holdings (Chester) Limited75–100%
- Halliwell Jones (Chester) 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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