J. J. Rudell & Co. Limited
Registered name: J. J. RUDELL & CO. LIMITED
J. J. Rudell & Co. Limited made £11.1m revenue and £202k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
J. J. Rudell & Co. Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £202k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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: “P A Rudell is the ultimate controlling part by virtue of their shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £10.4m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £6.4m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £491k | £127k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £633k | £183k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £580k | £202k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £580k | £202k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 34 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 5.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 38.6% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £424k | £307k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | £45.7k | £17.1k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −155.6% | −954.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.3% | ▼65.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £14m | £14.6m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £12.1m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £87.2k | £211k | £79.5k |
| Deferred income | £132k | £141k | £140k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£765k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −954.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £140k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £4m
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 Mar 2026 (profit £202k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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