GJB Developments Limited
Registered name: GJB DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Part of Cc117 Limited groupGJB Developments Limited made £21.5m revenue and £485k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
GJB Developments Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £21.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £485k profit and 137 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Rayleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rayleigh, East of England
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 company is a subsidiary of GJB Holdings Limited, which is incorporated in England and Wales and has a registered office of 21 Totman Crescent, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7UY. Copies of its group financi”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 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) | £17.9m | £19.8m | £19.9m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.7m | £14.5m | £14.6m | £15.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.3m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £865k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £819k |
| Profit before tax | £745k | £944k | £1.3m | £656k |
| Profit after tax | £646k | £728k | £957k | £485k |
| Profit (best available) | £646k | £728k | £957k | £485k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 130 | 131 | 137 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 27.1% | 26.8% | 28.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £136k | £153k | £152k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £5.6k | £7.3k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11% | ▲0.3% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲31.5% | ▼49.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲0.8% | ▲4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £41.9k | £28k | £162k | £102k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £497k | £411k | £302k | £176k |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £9.5m | £11.3m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £99.6k | £70k | £170k | £287k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £102k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 137
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £287k
- Fixed assets
- ▼42%
- Now £176k
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
- Cc117 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GJB Holdings Limited75–100%
- GJB Developments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Listers Central LimitedRev. £18.8m · Profit £43.8k
- GJB New Build LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Big Trade Counter LimitedFigures 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 Oct 2025 (profit £485k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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