Halliwell Jones (North Wales) Limited
Registered name: HALLIWELL JONES (NORTH WALES) LIMITED
Part of MJQ Trustees Limited groupHalliwell Jones (North Wales) Limited made £50.7m revenue and £261k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Halliwell Jones (North Wales) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £50.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £261k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Llandudno Junction; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Llandudno Junction, Wales
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Halliwell Jones (Warrington) Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. By virtue of being a trustee and a beneficiary of the ”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.3m | £49.9m | £50.7m |
| Cost of sales | £46.8m | £44.2m | £45.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £5.7m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1.3m | £540k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £1.2m | £383k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £879k | £261k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £879k | £261k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 62 | 65 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £859k | £805k | £781k |
| Profit per employee | £28.9k | £14.2k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | 8.2% | −52.4% | 192.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.9% | ▼70.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £2.4m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £14.5m | £15.4m | £15.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £16.8m | £18.4m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £470k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £348k | £386k | £316k |
| Cash from operations | £188k | −£662k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £781k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 192.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £15.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £316k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.4m
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
- MJQ Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halliwell Jones (Warrington) Limited75–100%
- Halliwell Jones (North Wales) 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 2024 (profit £261k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.