John Ingham & Sons Limited
Registered name: JOHN INGHAM & SONS LIMITED
Part of Camellia Public Limited Company groupJohn Ingham & Sons Limited made £0 revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Ingham & Sons Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Near Sevenoaks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Near Sevenoaks, South East
- Age
- 96 yrs · since 1930
- 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.
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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | £4.2k | −£1.2m | −£8.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £4.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £4m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Cash conversion | 55146% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▼36.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £390k | £981k | £169k |
| Net assets | £14.2m | £14.2m | £14.7m |
| Current assets | £31.8m | £2.4m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | — | £5.1m | £8.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | £326k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £14.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £169k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Linton Park Public Limited Company75–100%
- Eastern Produce Investments Limited75–100%
- John Ingham & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Blantyre and East Africa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- British African Tea Estates (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chisambo Tea Estate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cholo Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rosehaugh (Africa) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruo Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thyolo Highlands Tea Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Bordure LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £193k
- Unochrome Industries LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £64.2k
- Chisambo Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Robertson Bois Dickson Anderson LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruo Estates Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sandbach Export LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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