John Harrison (Stockton) Limited
Registered name: JOHN HARRISON (STOCKTON) LIMITED
Part of Earlsway Teesside Limited groupJohn Harrison (Stockton) Limited made £16.8m revenue and £122k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
John Harrison (Stockton) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £16.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £122k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Stockton on Tees; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockton on Tees, North East
- Age
- 116 yrs · since 1910
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.3m | £18.3m | £16.1m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £14.4m | £13m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £827k | £1.1m | £670k | £401k |
| Profit before tax | £761k | £911k | £351k | £101k |
| Profit after tax | £856k | £632k | £297k | £122k |
| Profit (best available) | £856k | £632k | £297k | £122k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 105 | 98 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 21.1% | 19% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £174k | £164k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £6k | £3k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼12.1% | ▲4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼53% | ▼58.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6.7% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4k | £26.6k | £36.2k | £954 |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £6.2m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.3m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £9.4m | £10.3m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £452k | £326k | £332k | £244k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £954
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £244k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Earlsway Teesside Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Earlsway Group Limited75–100%
- Earlsway Solutions Limited75–100%
- Earlsway Holdings Limited75–100%
- Fivedean Limited75–100%
- John Harrison (Stockton) 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £122k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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