John Fowler Holdings Limited
Registered name: JOHN FOWLER HOLDINGS LIMITED
John Fowler Holdings Limited made £43.4m revenue and £887k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
John Fowler Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £43.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £887k profit and 641 employees. The company is classified under “holiday centres and villages” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.7m | £36.3m | £43.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.3m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £28.7m | £28.9m | £36m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £4m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £912k | £1.6m | £887k |
| Profit (best available) | £912k | £1.6m | £887k |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £9.3m | £10.4m |
| Employees (average) | 428 | 458 | 641 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 80.5% | 79.8% | 83.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.3k | £79.2k | £67.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £3.6k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | 0.5% | 10.7% | 7.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲19.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.3% | ▼46.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £144k | £532k | £356k |
| Net assets | £20.5m | £21.8m | £22.3m |
| Fixed assets | £20.7m | £20.5m | £20.4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £16.9k | £529k | £419k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 7.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £22.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £356k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 641
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £20.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- John Fowler Holidays LimitedRev. £37.1m · Profit −£410k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £887k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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