J.c.b.sales Limited
Registered name: J.C.B.SALES LIMITED
Part of J.C.B. Service groupJ.c.b.sales Limited made £486m revenue and £86.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
J.c.b.sales Limited’s revenue grew 54% to £486m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £86.3m profit and 252 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of earthmoving equipment” and is based in Staffs; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staffs
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £175m | £315m | £486m |
| Cost of sales | −£71.5m | −£157m | −£212m |
| Gross profit | £103m | £159m | £274m |
| Operating profit | −£127k | £58.9m | £67.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£23.2m | £41.1m | £101m |
| Profit after tax | −£19.8m | £29.2m | £86.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.8m | £29.2m | £86.3m |
| Employees (average) | 233 | 231 | 252 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11.3% | 9.3% | 17.7% |
| Gross margin | 59% | 50.3% | 56.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £749k | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | −£84.8k | £126k | £342k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲80.6% | ▲54.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲195.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £342k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 252
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- J.C.B. Serviceultimate parent75–100%
- J.c.b.sales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- JCB Benelux LtdFigures not disclosed
- JCB Defence Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Remarketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (16)
- J C B Attachments Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- J.C. Bamford Excavators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J.C.B. Earthmovers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Access LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Accounting and Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- JCB Cab Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Compact Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Connected Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Consumer Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Finance International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Financial Solutions UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Mini Excavators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Parts LtdFigures not disclosed
- JCB Power Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB Special Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JCB TransmissionsFigures 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 £86.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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