John Good & Sons Limited
Registered name: JOHN GOOD & SONS LIMITED
John Good & Sons Limited made £93.4m revenue and £341k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Good & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 72% to £93.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £341k profit and 212 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Hessle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 118 yrs · since 1908
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.7m | £54.3m | £93.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£25.7m | −£42.8m | −£75.7m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £11.5m | £17.7m |
| Operating profit | £271k | £757k | −£93k |
| Profit before tax | £843k | £1.2m | £66k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | £1.2m | £341k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | £1.2m | £341k |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 149 | 212 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 2.2% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 21.3% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £364k | £440k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £7.9k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲65.9% | ▲71.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲168% | ▼70.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.2% | ▲42.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £440k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲42%
- Now 212
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Trans-European Port Services (G.B.) LimitedRev. £5.2m · Profit £782k
- Dan Shipping and Chartering LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £778k
- Nothing But LimitedRev. £963k · Profit £116k
- Connaught Air Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Good Power Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Packyourbags LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pathfinder Trade and Invest LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Good Travel Collective LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £341k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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