Neville Johnson Limited
Registered name: NEVILLE JOHNSON LIMITED
Part of Neville Johnson Group Ltd groupNeville Johnson Limited made £27.4m revenue and £282k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026. read from filing text
Neville Johnson Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £27.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £282k profit and 184 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in Trafford Park; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Trafford Park, North West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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: “As at 30 April 2026 the directors consider that the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company is Hartford Topco Limited which is registered in England and Wales. The Third Alcuin Fund Limited Partner”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £32.3m | £31.2m | £28m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £16.4m | £14.3m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £15.1m | £14.8m | £13.7m | £13.6m |
| Operating profit | £913k | £605k | £123k | £405k |
| Profit before tax | £908k | £584k | £109k | £393k |
| Profit after tax | £739k | £503k | £87k | £282k |
| Profit (best available) | £739k | £503k | £87k | £282k |
| Staff costs | £9.5m | — | £8.8m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 236 | 216 | 198 | 184 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 47.3% | 48.9% | 49.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £145k | £142k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £2.3k | £439 | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼10.2% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.9% | ▼82.7% | ▲224.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼8.3% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £785k | £136k | £505k | £149k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £831k | £974k | £787k | £727k |
| Current assets | £21.8m | £22.7m | £17.8m | £18.2m |
| Debtors | £476k | £621k | £415k | £382k |
| Deferred income | £822k | £709k | £1.1m | £879k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £149k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 184
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £879k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £727k
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
- Neville Johnson Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Neville Johnson Offices Ltd75–100%
- Neville Johnson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Neville Johnson Staircases LimitedFigures 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 30 Apr 2026 (profit £282k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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