Jackson Lees Group Ltd
Registered name: JACKSON LEES GROUP LTD
Part of Mapd Ventures Limited groupJackson Lees Group Ltd made £14.1m revenue and £60.8k profit in the year to 31 May 2024. read from filing text
Jackson Lees Group Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £14.1m in the year to 31 May 2024, with £60.8k profit and 275 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “Jackson Lees Group Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of MAPD Ventures”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £14.7m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £7.5m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £7.3m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £365k | £1m | −£465k |
| Profit before tax | £375k | £1.1m | £1.6k |
| Profit after tax | £304k | £1.1m | £60.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £304k | £1.1m | £60.8k |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £8.5m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 282 | 272 | 275 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 7.5% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 49.4% | 48.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.5k | £54.2k | £51.4k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £4.1k | £221 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲265% | ▼94.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £28.4k | £34.3k | £92.2k |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £6.5m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.2m | £881k |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £14m | £13.1m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £379k | £485k | £233k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £221
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲169%
- Now £92.2k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 275
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £233k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £881k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mapd Ventures Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Jackson Lees Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jackson Lees Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2024 (profit £60.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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