J W European Limited
Registered name: J W EUROPEAN LIMITED
J W European Limited made £19.6m revenue and £267k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
J W European Limited’s revenue was £19.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £267k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Fareham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fareham, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 company is controlled jointly by David Langmead and Peter Birch.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £18.9m | £17.2m | £21.2m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £15.2m | £18.5m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2m | £2.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £569k | −£113k | −£429k | £478k |
| Profit before tax | £557k | −£136k | −£551k | £354k |
| Profit after tax | £447k | £31.9k | −£403k | £267k |
| Profit (best available) | £447k | £31.9k | −£403k | £267k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 0.2% | −1.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 11.7% | 12.7% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit per employee | £40.7k | £2.7k | −£36.6k | £26.7k |
| Cash conversion | −233.4% | — | — | 81% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▲23.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼92.9% | ▼1362% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▼8.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.4m | £725k | £462k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £995k | £3.2m | £2.5m | £979k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.6m | £3.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £794k |
| Deferred income | £47.4k | £123k | £237k | £46.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.2m | £16.7k | £387k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 81%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- 4.1%
- 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 £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £462k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £46.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £979k
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £267k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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