John Ling & Son Limited
Registered name: JOHN LING & SON LIMITED
Part of Double Six Leisure Limited groupJohn Ling & Son Limited made £6.6m revenue and £556k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
John Ling & Son Limited’s revenue was £6.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £556k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)” and is based in Skegness; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Skegness, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.7m | £9.4m | £6.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.7m | £7.4m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | £893k | £2.1m | £752k |
| Profit before tax | — | £850k | £2m | £714k |
| Profit after tax | — | £631k | £1.4m | £556k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £631k | £1.4m | £556k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 63 | 132 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 13.4% | 15.3% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 77.7% | 78.3% | 76.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £74.7k | £71.6k | £77.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10k | £11k | £6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4.3m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £831 | £831 | £1.1k | £2.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £77.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- —
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Double Six Leisure Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- John Ling & Son Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £556k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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