J.e. Morten Limited
Registered name: J.E. MORTEN LIMITED
Part of Tunstead Mill Limited groupJ.e. Morten Limited made £14.3m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
J.e. Morten Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.5m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in High Peak; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Peak, North West
- Age
- 49 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: “At the 31 January 2025, the ultimate parent undertaking was Tunstead Mill Limited due to their 100% interest in the equity share capital of the company. Consolidated financial statements are available”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £23.8m | £15.9m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £21.1m | £11.7m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.6m | £4.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.9m | £3.4m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 22 | 25 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.3% | 16.3% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 11.1% | 26.5% | 21.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.1m | £636k | £530k |
| Profit per employee | — | £68.2k | £103k | £54.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼33.1% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲72.1% | ▼42.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.4% | ▲13.6% | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £4.4m | £6m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £4.4m | £6.9m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £5.3m | £7m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £3m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | £636k | £650k | £676k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £530k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £676k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Tunstead Mill Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.e. Morten 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 Jan 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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