Jam Bidco Limited
Registered name: JAM BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Halma Public Limited Company groupJam Bidco Limited made £164k revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 May 2024. read from filing text
Jam Bidco Limited’s revenue was £164k in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £2.7m and 4 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Wellington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellington, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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: “Jam Topco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £164k | £164k |
| Gross profit | £164k | £164k |
| Operating profit | −£94.1k | −£469k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.2m | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | −£2.7m |
| Staff costs | £219k | £250k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1321% | −1652% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £41k | £41k |
| Profit per employee | −£541k | −£677k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | −£36.8m | −£39.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1 | £1 |
| Deferred income | £158k | £44.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1652%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£677k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.3%
- 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 −£39.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼72%
- Now £44.7k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1
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
- Halma Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Jam Topco Limited75–100%
- Jam Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- MK Test Group 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 −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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