JJH Building Contractors Limited
Registered name: JJH BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Part of Hilton Holmes Limited groupJJH Building Contractors Limited made £10.7m revenue and £690k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
JJH Building Contractors Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £690k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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's parent undertaking is Hilton Holmes Limited,”
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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.9m | £11.5m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.7m | £9.6m | −£8.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.4m | £1.1m | £908k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £1m | £870k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £770k | £690k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £770k | £690k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.4m | £3.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 113 | 119 | 111 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10.5% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.5% | 16.4% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £96.3k | £96.9k | £96.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.1k | £6.5k | £6.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.9% | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼32.8% | ▼10.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▲5.3% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.2m | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £363k | £689k | £976k | — |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £4m | £3.7m | — |
| Debtors | £494k | £349k | £215k | — |
| Deferred income | — | £340k | £117k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- 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 111
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hilton Holmes Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- JJH Building Contractors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Blainscough Projects LtdFigures not disclosed
- TJH Projects 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £690k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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