Johnson Service Group PLC
Registered name: JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC
Johnson Service Group PLC made £535m revenue and £37m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Johnson Service Group PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £535m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £37m profit and 6,696 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Preston Brook; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston Brook, North West
- Age
- 73 yrs · since 1953
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
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) | £465m | £513m | £535m |
| Cost of sales | −£422m | −£487m | £487m |
| Operating profit | £43.6m | £54.7m | £58.8m |
| Profit before tax | £37.6m | £47.2m | £50.8m |
| Profit after tax | £27.3m | £35.6m | £37m |
| Profit (best available) | £27.3m | £35.6m | £37m |
| Employees (average) | 6,165 | 6,601 | 6,696 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.5k | £77.8k | £80k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £5.4k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.4% | ▲3.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 6,696
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (32)
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- Clayfull LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clifton Cleaning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Empire Linen Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fresh Linen Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Greenearth Cleaning Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Greenearth Cleaning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Cleaners Trustee Company (NO.1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Cleaners Trustee Company (NO.2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Inc (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Pension Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Group Properties PLCFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Hospitality Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnson Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnsons Apparelmaster LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnsons Hotel Linen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnsons Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Linen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnsons Restaurant & Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Johnsons Workwear LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lilliput (Dunmurry) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- London Linen Supply LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portgrade LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quality Textile Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Regency Laundry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South West Laundry Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Starcounty Textile Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sycamore Laundry LimitedRev. — · Profit £323k
- Wintex UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zip Textiles (Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £37m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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