J.stell & Sons,limited
Registered name: J.STELL & SONS,LIMITED
Part of V Stell & Sons Ltd groupJ.stell & Sons,limited made £14.3m revenue and £809k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
J.stell & Sons,limited’s revenue was £14.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £809k profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Keighley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keighley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 96 yrs · since 1930
- 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: “The parent company is V Stell & Sons Ltd.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £13.9m | £14.3m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £9.7m | £9.2m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.2m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £764k | £631k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £684k | £536k | £933k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £546k | £457k | £721k | £809k |
| Profit (best available) | £546k | £457k | £721k | £809k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m | £4.5m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 128 | 119 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 29.9% | 35.8% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £108k | £120k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £3.6k | £6.1k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲3.2% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▲57.8% | ▲12.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▼7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.5k | £22.3k | £27k | £55.5k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4m | £3.5m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £6.1m | £5.1m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £188k | £152k | £197k | £290k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲105%
- Now £55.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £290k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2.4m
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
- V Stell & Sons Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- J.stell & Sons,limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Stell Cardboard Tubes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £809k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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