ST Johns Country Stores Ltd
Registered name: ST JOHNS COUNTRY STORES LTD
ST Johns Country Stores Ltd made £7.4m revenue and £196k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
ST Johns Country Stores Ltd’s revenue was £7.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £196k profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £964k | £986k |
| Profit before tax | £795k | £497k |
| Profit after tax | £152k | £196k |
| Profit (best available) | £152k | £196k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 56.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.6k | £67.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | 79.4% | 117.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £24 | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £105k | £199k |
| Fixed assets | £7.6m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £766k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 117.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 103.7%
- 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 £199k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- St.john's Nurseries (North Devon) LimitedRev. £7.4m · Profit £747k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £196k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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