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Company No. 00619539 · Incorporated 26 Jan 1959

John Mower & Co,limited

Registered name: JOHN MOWER & CO,LIMITED

John Mower & Co,limited made £12.8m revenue and £582k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

John Mower & Co,limited’s revenue fell 2% to £12.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £582k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Hoddeson; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Status
Active
Location
Hoddeson, East of England
Age
67 yrs · since 1959
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 parent company of John Mower & Co Limited is John Mower Group Limited and it's registered office is Millmead House, 22 Pindar Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0DE.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£12.8m
Growth ▼1.6%
Profit
£582k
Growth ▼5.9%
Profit margin
4.5%
Gross 27.3%
Employees
40
Change ▲5.3%
Profit / employee
£14.6k
Revenue/employee £321k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyProfit onlyFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)——£13m£12.8m
Cost of sales——£9.6m£9.3m
Gross profit——£3.4m£3.5m
Operating profit——£850k£750k
Profit before tax——£855k£762k
Profit after tax£211k£463k£619k£582k
Profit (best available)£211k£463k£619k£582k
Staff costs——£1.6m£1.7m
Employees (average)38403840
Ratios
Profit margin——4.7%4.5%
Gross margin——26.4%27.3%
Revenue per employee——£343k£321k
Profit per employee£5.5k£11.6k£16.3k£14.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth———▼1.6%
Profit growth—▲119.3%▲33.7%▼5.9%
Headcount growth—▲5.3%▼5%▲5.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£431k£707k£1m£1.4m
Net assets£2.7m£2.7m£3.3m£3.6m
Fixed assets£711k£190k£431k£386k
Current assets£3.1m£3.8m£4.7m£5m
Debtors£1.3m£1.5m£1.6m£1.4m
Deferred income£57.8k£110k£443k£146k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
27.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£321k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£14.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £3.6m
Cash at bank
▲36%
Now £1.4m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 40
Deferred income
▼67%
Now £146k
Fixed assets
▼10%
Now £386k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Subsidiaries (1)

Minority corporate shareholders

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £582k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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