Entwistle & Joynt Limited
Registered name: ENTWISTLE & JOYNT LIMITED
Part of Entwistle & Joynt Holdings Limited groupEntwistle & Joynt Limited made £13m revenue and £9.1k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Entwistle & Joynt Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £9.1k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £9.3m | £12m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £8.2m | £10.3m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£105k | −£689k | −£172k | £8.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£105k | −£689k | −£171k | £9.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£90.7k | −£681k | −£171k | £9.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£90.7k | −£681k | −£171k | £9.1k |
| Staff costs | £816k | £743k | £813k | £852k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 31 | 32 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.8% | −7.3% | −1.4% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 11.3% | 14.1% | 13.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £299k | £374k | £420k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.7k | −£22k | −£5.3k | £293 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −6871% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▲29% | ▲8.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.8% | ▲3.2% | ▼3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £437k | £473k | £285k | £235k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £505k | £505k | £482k | £482k |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £796k | £861k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £59.7k | £87.7k | £33.7k | £69.1k |
| Cash from operations | £98.4k | −£159k | £299k | −£579k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £420k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £293
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −6871%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £235k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▲105%
- Now £69.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £482k
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
- Entwistle & Joynt Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Entwistle & Joynt Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Toolstoreuk Wholesale 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 Jan 2025 (profit £9.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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