J Huggins and Son Limited
Registered name: J HUGGINS AND SON LIMITED
Part of Cary UK Holding Ltd groupJ Huggins and Son Limited made £14.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J Huggins and Son Limited’s revenue was £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.8m profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1977
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £15.7m | £13.4m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £9.9m | £8.8m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.8m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £790k | £5.2m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £973k | £5.6m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £732k | £4.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £732k | £4.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 128 | 127 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 28.6% | 14.2% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 37% | 34.3% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.6k | £122k | £105k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £35k | £15k | £18.4k |
| Cash conversion | −164.8% | — | −660.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.2% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲512.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.6m | £881k | £1.2m | £42.6k |
| Net assets | £14.4m | £18.9m | £5.6m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £238k | £155k | £0 |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £21.3m | £8.1m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £345k |
| Deferred income | £203k | £200k | £255k | £21.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | — | −£16.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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 £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £42.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £21.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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
- Cary UK Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cary UK Ltd75–100%
- J Huggins and Son Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- National Windscreens (Replacements) LimitedRev. £108m · Profit £5.1k
- Autoscreens Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Masterglass Windscreens LtdFigures not disclosed
- NW (York) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rapid Windscreens Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Western Ag LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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