James T Blakeman & Co (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: JAMES T BLAKEMAN & CO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of Cranswick PLC groupJames T Blakeman & Co (Holdings) Limited made £67.4m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2024. read from filing text
James T Blakeman & Co (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £67.4m in the year to 27 Sep 2024, with £2.9m profit and 286 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Hessle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.8m | £62.2m | £67.4m |
| Cost of sales | £45m | £51.2m | £55.1m |
| Gross profit | £12.8m | £11m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £4m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 308 | 288 | 286 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 4.9% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 17.7% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £188k | £216k | £236k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £10.6k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38% | ▼3.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £627k | £69.1k |
| Net assets | £17.8m | £16.9m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.2m | £10.8m | £11m |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £10.2m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £6.5k | £6.5k | £6.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £236k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £69.1k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 286
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £6.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £11m
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
- Cranswick PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Cranswick Country Foods PLC75–100%
- James T Blakeman & Co (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- James T Blakeman & Co LimitedRev. £50.4m · Profit £2.2m
- James T. Blakeman (Services) LimitedRev. £22.7m · Profit £309k
Sister companies (19)
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- CCL Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Sep 2024 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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