Jaylow Supplies Limited
Registered name: JAYLOW SUPPLIES LIMITED
Jaylow Supplies Limited made £168m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Jaylow Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £168m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “distribution of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1949
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £138m | £163m | £165m | £168m |
| Cost of sales | £123m | £140m | £152m | £154m |
| Gross profit | £15.3m | £22.3m | £13.6m | £14.5m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £12.8m | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £12m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £5.3m | £9.7m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3m | £9.7m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £6.2m | £6.8m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 64 | 68 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 13.8% | 8.2% | 8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | £89.5k | £152k | £14.8k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | −61.6% | −52.3% | −326% | 150.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.5% | ▲1.7% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲84% | ▼89.7% | ▲18.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲6.3% | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £219k | £368k | £252k | £391k |
| Net assets | £25.8m | £35.5m | £36.5m | £37.7m |
| Fixed assets | £132k | £109k | £94.9k | £168k |
| Current assets | £66.7m | £71.7m | £64m | £73.1m |
| Debtors | £44.2m | £46.2m | £42.7m | £47.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.3m | −£6.7m | −£9.1m | £5.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 150.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £37.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £391k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲77%
- Now £168k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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