Jet Press Limited
Registered name: JET PRESS LIMITED
Part of Jet Press Holdings Limited groupJet Press Limited made £9.2m revenue and £813k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026.
Jet Press Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £9.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £813k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Notts; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Notts, East Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.4m | £10.1m | £9.9m | £9m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £6m | £5.9m | £5.4m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4m | £3.5m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £454k | £823k | £268k | −£228k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £447k | £834k | £284k | −£213k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £424k | £704k | £248k | −£247k | £813k |
| Profit (best available) | £424k | £704k | £248k | −£247k | £813k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 7% | 2.5% | −2.8% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 41.3% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £169k | £170k | £154k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £11.7k | £4.3k | −£4.3k | £14.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼2.4% | ▼9.4% | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲66.2% | ▼64.8% | ▼199.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▼3.3% | 0% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £965k | £3.6m | £1m | £952k | £900k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £6.7m | £6.9m | £6.4m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £7.8m | £5.6m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £106k | £62.1k | £355k | £72.5k | £89.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £900k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £89.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3.4m
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
- Jet Press Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jet Press Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Components Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jet Press Shirebrook LimitedRev. — · Profit £11.7k
Sister companies (1)
- Jet Press Property LimitedRev. — · Profit −£317k
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 £813k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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