Halliwell Jones Limited
Registered name: HALLIWELL JONES LIMITED
Part of MJQ Trustees Limited groupHalliwell Jones Limited made £63.4m revenue and £778k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Halliwell Jones Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £63.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £778k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Southport; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southport, North West
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Halliwell Jones Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. This company is under the control of P Jones due to his ma”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £67.4m | £63m | £63.4m |
| Cost of sales | £60.2m | £56.3m | £56.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.3m | £778k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.3m | £778k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 75 | 104 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £962k | £840k | £610k |
| Profit per employee | £28.1k | £17.5k | £7.5k |
| Cash conversion | −31.8% | −178.1% | 37.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.5% | ▼40.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲38.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £544k | £2.4m | £774k |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £13.2m | £14m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £17.7m | £19.1m |
| Debtors | £812k | £1.3m | £944k |
| Deferred income | £360k | £348k | £352k |
| Cash from operations | −£813k | −£3.3m | £475k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £610k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 37.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £14m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £774k
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £352k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £4.6m
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
- MJQ Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Group Limited75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Holdings Limited75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Halliwell Jones Kia Southport LtdRev. £11m · Profit −£274k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £778k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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