J.wild(Confectioners)limited
Registered name: J.WILD(CONFECTIONERS)LIMITED
J.wild(Confectioners)limited made £16.7m revenue and £577k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
J.wild(Confectioners)limited’s revenue grew 15% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £577k profit and 274 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Keighley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keighley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 87 yrs · since 1939
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £14.6m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £10.9m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £491k | £948k | £793k |
| Profit before tax | £420k | £905k | £752k |
| Profit after tax | £319k | £682k | £577k |
| Profit (best available) | £319k | £682k | £577k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5.2m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 219 | 246 | 274 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 4.7% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 21% | 25.4% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.4k | £59.2k | £61k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £2.8k | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | 126.7% | 49.1% | 118.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.8% | ▼15.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £181k | £286k | £470k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £622k | £465k | £939k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 118.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £470k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 274
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £577k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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