Ken Jervis Limited
Registered name: KEN JERVIS LIMITED
Part of DPJ Norwood Holdings Ltd groupKen Jervis Limited made £25.2m revenue and £442k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ken Jervis Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £25.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £442k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £22.9m | £24.4m | £25.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £20.8m | £22.5m | £22.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £761k | £632k | £691k |
| Profit before tax | — | £739k | £520k | £589k |
| Profit after tax | — | £559k | £367k | £442k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £559k | £367k | £442k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 55 | 56 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 9.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £416k | £437k | £434k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.2k | £6.5k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.7% | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.4% | ▲20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲1.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £982k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £634k |
| Net assets | £707k | £856k | £927k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £84.3k | £56.2k | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £673k | £427k | £215k | £249k |
| Deferred income | £768k | £668k | £405k | £337k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £434k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £634k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £337k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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
- DPJ Norwood Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ken Jervis Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Hilbury Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £84.8k
- Hilbury Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £442k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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