J.S. Held UK Limited
Registered name: J.S. HELD UK LIMITED
J.S. Held UK Limited made £26.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
J.S. Held UK Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £26.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £21.4m | £26.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.8m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.6m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £12.9m | £16m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 32 | 78 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.2% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 40% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £275k | £269k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.3k | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 409% | −129.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲25.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲11% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲52.4% | ▲143.8% | ▲28.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £304k | £686k | £1.1m | £5.7m |
| Net assets | £33k | £2m | £3.1m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £91.9k | £100k | £167k | £763k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £6m | £15.9m | £22.7m |
| Debtors | £871k | £3.1m | £7m | £9.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £5.3m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −129.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- 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
- ▲40%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲429%
- Now £5.7m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲357%
- Now £763k
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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