J.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limited
Registered name: J.A.JACKSON CONTRACTORS(PRESTON)LIMITED
Part of Fox Brothers Holdings Limited groupJ.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limited made £10.8m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
J.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.6m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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: “On”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 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) | £12.5m | £16.1m | £10.9m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £11.6m | £6.7m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3m | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3m | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 46 | 44 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.7% | 18.5% | 25.6% | 33.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 27.6% | 38.7% | 40.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £313k | £350k | £249k | £262k |
| Profit per employee | £58.5k | £64.6k | £63.6k | £88.1k |
| Cash conversion | −127.6% | −215.6% | −89.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲29.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £732k | £298k | £300k | £293k |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £4.9m | £5.1m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £3.5m | £3.1m | £5m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £3.3m | £1.9m | £947k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £227k | £82k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£7.7m | −£3.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £262k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £88.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £293k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £82k
- Fixed assets
- ▲62%
- Now £5m
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
- Fox Brothers Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Fox Brothers (Lancashire) LtdRev. £22.4m · Profit −£178k
- Hurt Plant Hire LtdRev. £0 · Profit £1.4m
- DSD Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox Brothers (Bacup) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£490k
- Fox Brothers (Westby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox Managed Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- J.a.jackson Contractors (Leyland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jackson Skip & Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JFS Holdco (2025) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moore Readymix Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NMS Civil Engineering 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 £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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