Rayburn Trading Company Limited
Registered name: RAYBURN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of The Jesem Group Limited groupRayburn Trading Company Limited made £98.5m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Rayburn Trading Company Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £98.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.3m profit and 188 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Salford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 company's immediate parent entity is Jesem Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £89.5m | £104m | £106m | £98.5m |
| Cost of sales | £75.7m | £88.9m | £90.3m | £82.5m |
| Gross profit | £13.8m | £15.3m | £15.5m | £16m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.8m | £7.4m | £8.1m |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 169 | 175 | 188 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £546k | £617k | £604k | £524k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £10.2k | £9.8k | £12.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲1.5% | ▼6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▼0.3% | ▲35.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▲3.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £11.8m | £9.9m | £9.5m |
| Net assets | £25.6m | £27.3m | £29.1m | £31.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £32.7m | £37.7m | £37m | £39m |
| Debtors | £8m | £7.1m | £6.6m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £287k | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £524k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £31.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £9.5m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 188
- Deferred income
- ▲796%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £3.8m
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
- The Jesem Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jesem Holdings Limited75–100%
- Rayburn Trading Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Jesem Properties 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 Aug 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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