J.S.T. (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: J.S.T. (U.K.) LIMITED
J.S.T. (U.K.) Limited made £14.9m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
J.S.T. (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.1m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 parent company is J.S.T Mfg. Co. Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £19.1m | £21.5m | £17.5m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £15.5m | £12.3m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.9m | £5.3m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £3.3m | £2.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 40 | 41 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15% | 15.7% | 17.8% | 14.3% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 27.7% | 30.1% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £445k | £537k | £428k | £393k |
| Profit per employee | £66.5k | £84.1k | £75.9k | £56.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▼18.3% | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▼7.5% | ▼31.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7% | ▲2.5% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £26.9m | £31m | £10.9m | £13m |
| Net assets | £56.2m | £59.5m | £62.6m | £64.8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £6.4m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £203k | £67.2k | £24.8k | £42.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £393k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £64.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £13m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▲71%
- Now £42.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.2m
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 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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