John Stacey & Sons Limited
Registered name: JOHN STACEY & SONS LIMITED
John Stacey & Sons Limited made £15.1m revenue and £705k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
John Stacey & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £15.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £705k profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Silchester Road Tadley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Silchester Road Tadley, South East
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 directors do not believe that there is an ultimate controlling party.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £15.9m | £14.5m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12m | £12.3m | £11.4m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £3.7m | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £743k | £762k | £860k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £777k | £844k | £939k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £604k | £660k | £705k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £604k | £660k | £705k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 83 | 81 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 23% | 21.1% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £192k | £179k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £7.3k | £8.1k | £8.4k |
| Cash conversion | −39.6% | 65% | −33% | −216.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼9.2% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.2% | ▲9.2% | ▲6.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼2.4% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £6.8m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £10m | £10.6m | £11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £977k | £804k |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £12.3m | £11.4m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.4m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £750k | £810k | £325k | £443k |
| Cash from operations | −£582k | £483k | −£252k | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −216.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £6.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £443k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £804k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £705k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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