Charles Jackson & Co. Limited
Registered name: CHARLES JACKSON & CO. LIMITED
Part of TLF Holdings Ltd groupCharles Jackson & Co. Limited made £38.2m revenue and £945k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Charles Jackson & Co. Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £38.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £945k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “grain milling” and is based in Long Buckby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Long Buckby, 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. From the filing: “The parent company at the year end was TLF Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 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) | £33.6m | £46.3m | £41.4m | £38.2m |
| Cost of sales | £28.2m | £39.9m | £33.5m | £30.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.4m | £7.9m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2m | £945k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2m | £945k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 45 | 48 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 13.7% | 19% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £763k | £1m | £862k | £887k |
| Profit per employee | £25.2k | £39.7k | £42k | £22k |
| Cash conversion | −115.8% | −195.7% | −131.4% | −99% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.8% | ▼10.7% | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.9% | ▲13% | ▼53.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲6.7% | ▼10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £502k | £256k | £412k | £177k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £6.1m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £9.1m | £9.4m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £9.3m | £9m | £11m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £5.8m | £4.6m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £434k | £642k | £621k | £601k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | −£3.7m | −£3.7m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £887k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −99%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £177k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £601k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £9.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TLF Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Charles Jackson & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Benbow Gardens LtdFigures not disclosed
- Jackson WB 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 May 2025 (profit £945k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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