JHL Retail Limited
Registered name: JHL RETAIL LIMITED
Part of John H. Lunn (Jewellers), Limited groupJHL Retail Limited made £286k revenue and a £19.5k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
JHL Retail Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £286k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £19.5k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Belfast; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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: “John H Lunn (Jewellers) Limited own 100% of the share capital of the company. Mr P J Lunn (a director of and the majority shareholder of John H Lunn (Jewellers) Limited) is considered to the controlli”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7k | £332k | £341k | £341k | £286k |
| Cost of sales | £6.9k | £140k | £135k | £135k | £127k |
| Gross profit | £14.8k | £191k | £206k | £206k | £159k |
| Operating profit | −£70.5k | −£155k | −£84.7k | −£84.7k | −£169k |
| Profit before tax | −£70.5k | −£155k | £435k | £435k | −£21.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£72k | −£156k | £436k | £436k | −£19.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£72k | −£156k | £436k | £436k | −£19.5k |
| Staff costs | £36.5k | £223k | £200k | £200k | £172k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −331.3% | −47.2% | 127.7% | 127.7% | −6.8% |
| Gross margin | 68.2% | 57.7% | 60.4% | 60.4% | 55.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.9k | £47.4k | £48.7k | £48.7k | £47.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£36k | −£22.4k | £62.2k | £62.2k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.9% | — | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼104.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | — | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £441 | £37.1k | £37.4k | £37.4k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | −£71.9k | −£228k | £207k | £207k | £188k |
| Fixed assets | £40.1k | £44.9k | £36k | £36k | £25.1k |
| Current assets | £55.9k | £225k | £229k | £229k | £187k |
| Debtors | £143 | −£1.4k | £10k | £10k | £7.3k |
| Deferred income | £11.8k | £24.7k | £26.8k | £26.8k | £10.6k |
| Cash from operations | £46.3k | £52.1k | £2.5k | £2.5k | −£33k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £188k
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £4.2k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼60%
- Now £10.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £25.1k
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
- John H. Lunn (Jewellers), Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- JHL Retail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£19.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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