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Company No. 01888633 · Incorporated 21 Feb 1985

Charles Jackson & Co. Limited

Registered name: CHARLES JACKSON & CO. LIMITED

Part of TLF Holdings Ltd group

Charles 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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£38.2m
Growth ▼7.7%
Profit
£945k
Growth ▼53.1%
Profit margin
2.5%
Gross 19.5%
Employees
43
Change ▼10.4%
Profit / employee
£22k
Revenue/employee £887k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 202431 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)44454843
Ratios
Profit margin3.3%3.9%4.9%2.5%
Gross margin16.1%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. TLF Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Charles Jackson & Co. Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

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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