J.B Shropshire & Sons Limited
Registered name: J.B SHROPSHIRE & SONS LIMITED
J.B Shropshire & Sons Limited made £123m revenue and £13m profit in the year to 3 May 2025.
J.B Shropshire & Sons Limited’s revenue was £123m in the year to 3 May 2025, with £13m profit and 1,734 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Ely; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ely, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 4 Nov 2022 | 4 Nov 2023 | 3 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £96.7m | £106m | £123m |
| Cost of sales | −£90.4m | −£94.2m | −£98.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £11.7m | £25.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £8m | £17.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £8.6m | £17.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £6.2m | £13m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £6.2m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 1,644 | 1,844 | 1,734 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 5.9% | 10.5% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 11% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.8k | £57.4k | £71.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.4k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲145.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- 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 1,734
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- CJS Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GW & HJ Farms Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JB & PS Farms Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mushroom Farms Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Lettuce Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 3 May 2025 (profit £13m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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