R.j.stearn Limited
Registered name: R.J.STEARN LIMITED
Part of Ventol Limited groupR.j.stearn Limited made £12.8m revenue and £438k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
R.j.stearn Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £12.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £438k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1944
- 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 ultimate parent company is Ventol Limited. The consolidated accounts for Ventol Limited can be obtained from the company's registered office - Unit 1 & 2 Landsberg, Lichfield Road Industrial Estat”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £11.9m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £8.7m | £9.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £345k | £1.2m | £611k |
| Profit before tax | £336k | £1.1m | £597k |
| Profit after tax | £273k | £847k | £438k |
| Profit (best available) | £273k | £847k | £438k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 7.1% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 27.2% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £416k | £478k | £533k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £33.9k | £18.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲210.1% | ▼48.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.1m | £869k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £88.9k | £82.6k | £80.3k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £960k | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £533k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £869k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £80.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ventol Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- JP New Co Limited75–100%
- R.j.stearn 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 Jun 2025 (profit £438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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