J.a. Payne Limited
Registered name: J.A. PAYNE LIMITED
Part of Leck Group Ltd groupJ.a. Payne Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Jul 2025 show net assets of £2.5m and 5 employees.
J.a. Payne Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 showed net assets of £2.5m and 5 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1963
- 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
Revenue not disclosed
J.a. Payne Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 5
- Net assets
- £2.5m
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £361k | £377k | £413k | — |
| Cost of sales | £28.9k | £51.7k | £58.6k | — |
| Gross profit | £332k | £326k | £354k | — |
| Operating profit | £517k | £371k | £430k | — |
| Profit before tax | £463k | £315k | £430k | — |
| Profit after tax | £333k | £267k | £353k | — |
| Profit (best available) | £333k | £267k | £353k | — |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 92.3% | 70.7% | 85.5% | — |
| Gross margin | 92% | 86.3% | 85.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £72.1k | £75.5k | £82.5k | — |
| Profit per employee | £66.6k | £53.4k | £70.6k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲9.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.8% | ▲32.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £451k | £54.7k | £15.4k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £1.9m | £838k | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £19k | £32k | £7.5k | £18.8k |
| Deferred income | £191k | £165k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
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 £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼72%
- Now £15.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £5.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Leck Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- J.a. Payne Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Leck Construction LimitedRev. £14.1m · Profit £445k
- Chaddock Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Handforce LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Westall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thirlcrest 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 Jul 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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