Jla Speakers Ltd
Registered name: JLA SPEAKERS LTD
Part of Sequel Capital Holdings Ltd groupJla Speakers Ltd made £23.3m revenue and £340k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Jla Speakers Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £23.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £340k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.8m | £23.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £975k | £233k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £388k |
| Profit after tax | £878k | £340k |
| Profit (best available) | £878k | £340k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £690k | £685k |
| Profit per employee | £26.6k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | 140% | 210.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £891k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £133k | £261k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £5.1m | £6.4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £489k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £685k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 210.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲96%
- Now £261k
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
- Sequel Capital Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Sequel One Ltd75–100%
- Jla Speakers Ltdthis 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit £340k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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