John Luffman Trading Limited
Registered name: JOHN LUFFMAN TRADING LIMITED
John Luffman Trading Limited made £7.1m revenue and a £197k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
John Luffman Trading Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £7.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £197k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Tiverton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tiverton, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £8.9m | £7.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £7m | −£6.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.9m | £506k |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1m | −£201k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1m | −£201k |
| Profit after tax | £875k | £1m | −£197k |
| Profit (best available) | £875k | £1m | −£197k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 55 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.7% | 11.6% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 21.4% | 7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £161k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £18.8k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18% | ▼119.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £375k | £8.6k | — |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £37.4k | £26.7k | — |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £552k | — |
| Deferred income | £10.4k | £38.7k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- John Luffman Group Ltd. 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£197k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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