J.h.m.butt & Co.limited
Registered name: J.H.M.BUTT & CO.LIMITED
Part of MDJC Holdings Limited groupJ.h.m.butt & Co.limited made £14.1m revenue and £931k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J.h.m.butt & Co.limited’s revenue grew 18% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £931k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 54 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. From the filing: “The parent company and the ultimate holding company of J. H. M. Butt & Co Limited is MDJC Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales, whose registered office is Brunel Close, Brunel I”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.9m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.7m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.2m | £931k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.2m | £931k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 50 | 54 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.1% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £221k | £214k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £21.3k | £14.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲18.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▲8% | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £588k | £550k | £537k | £665k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £600k | £828k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.1m | £4.7m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £16.1k | £35.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £214k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £665k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲123%
- Now £35.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MDJC Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.h.m.butt & Co.limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £931k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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