J.mills(Contractors)limited
Registered name: J.MILLS(CONTRACTORS)LIMITED
Part of Marplace (Number 754) Limited groupJ.mills(Contractors)limited made £20.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
J.mills(Contractors)limited’s revenue grew 58% to £20.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.1m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Old Trafford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Old Trafford, North West
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- 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: “J Mills (Contractors) Limited is a subsidiary of Marplace (Number 754) Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.8m | £14.7m | £13m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £10.6m | £10.1m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £4.1m | £2.9m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £504k | £1m | £284k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £505k | £1m | £321k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £405k | £681k | £239k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £405k | £681k | £239k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 54 | 57 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 27.7% | 22.2% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £272k | £228k | £312k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £12.6k | £4.2k | £16.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▼11.3% | ▲58.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲68% | ▼64.8% | ▲364.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲5.6% | ▲15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.5m | £1.3m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £6m | £6.2m | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £24.8k | £20.9k | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £10.1m | £8.8m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £151k | £293k | £197k | £705k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £312k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲155%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲258%
- Now £705k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Marplace (Number 754) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.mills(Contractors)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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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