Julian Bowen Limited
Registered name: JULIAN BOWEN LIMITED
Part of Storskogen Group Ab groupJulian Bowen Limited made £29.1m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Julian Bowen Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £29.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.1m | £32.6m | £30.3m | £29.1m |
| Cost of sales | £34.1m | £19.8m | £17.1m | £16.9m |
| Gross profit | £21.1m | £12.8m | £13.2m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £8.6m | £4.9m | £3.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £8.6m | £5m | £4.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £8.5m | £3.9m | £2.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.5m | £3.9m | £2.9m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 116 | 105 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.5% | 11.9% | 9.7% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.2% | 39.4% | 43.5% | 41.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £525k | £281k | £288k | £285k |
| Profit per employee | £81.2k | £33.4k | £28k | £14.8k |
| Cash conversion | −32% | −15.6% | 53.2% | 228.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7.2% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼24.1% | ▼48.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼9.5% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £41.2k | £8.2k | £91.7k |
| Net assets | £14.4m | £14.5m | £15.6m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £513k | £408k | £525k | £642k |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £16.5m | £18.1m | £15.2m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £3.3m | £4.4m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £652k | £656k | £673k | £607k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.8m | −£756k | £2.1m | £4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £285k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 228.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1025%
- Now £91.7k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £607k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £642k
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
- Storskogen Group Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Storskogen UK Limited75–100%
- Julian Bowen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- J & D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd.Rev. £121m · Profit £5m
- Extra (UK) LimitedRev. £20.1m · Profit £545k
- Stop Start Transport LimitedRev. £11.2m · Profit £2.1m
- Ac Electrical Services Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £167k
- Carry Gently Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dems Investments Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Fabco Sanctuary LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SGS Tool Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.6m
- Tornado Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £722
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 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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