J.F. McKenna Limited
Registered name: J.F. MCKENNA LIMITED
J.F. McKenna Limited made £16.6m revenue and £98.9k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
J.F. McKenna Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £16.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £98.9k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in Co Armagh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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: “JF McKenna (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £568k | £99k |
| Profit before tax | £591k | £125k |
| Profit after tax | £449k | £98.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £449k | £98.9k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £333k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £2k |
| Cash conversion | −91.7% | 780% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £7m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £82.9k | £72.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£521k | £772k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £333k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 780%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £72.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.6m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £98.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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