JGBM Ltd
Registered name: JGBM LTD
JGBM Ltd made £13.6m revenue and £625k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
JGBM Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £13.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £625k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other office machinery and equipment” and is based in Plympton, Plymouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plympton, Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £939k | £844k |
| Profit after tax | £709k | £625k |
| Profit (best available) | £709k | £625k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 18.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £450k | £411k |
| Profit per employee | £22.9k | £19k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £8m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £607k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £411k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.7m
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- Revenue
- £13.5m
- Profit
- £660k
- Staff
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- Revenue
- £17.6m
- Profit
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- Revenue
- £8.2m
- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £625k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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