Jack Richards & Son Limited
Registered name: JACK RICHARDS & SON LIMITED
Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited groupJack Richards & Son Limited made £80.1m revenue and £8.6m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Jack Richards & Son Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £80.1m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £8.6m profit and 661 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Norfolk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norfolk
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £78.7m | £79.4m | £79.4m | £80.1m |
| Cost of sales | £63.7m | £63.2m | £63.2m | £63.1m |
| Gross profit | £15m | £16.2m | £16.2m | £17m |
| Operating profit | £9m | £10m | £10m | £10.8m |
| Profit before tax | £9.1m | £10.7m | £10.7m | £11.5m |
| Profit after tax | £6.9m | £8m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.9m | £8m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 737 | 694 | 694 | 661 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 10% | 10% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 20.4% | 20.4% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £114k | £114k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £11.5k | £11.5k | £13k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | — | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.6% | — | ▲7.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | — | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 661
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners (Soham) Limited75–100%
- Jack Richards Holdings Limited75–100%
- Jack Richards & Son Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jack Richards Recruitment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Jack Richards (Storage) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £8.6m), 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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