JBF Group Ltd
Registered name: JBF GROUP LTD
Part of JBF Group Holdings Limited groupJBF Group Ltd made £9.4m revenue and £82.8k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
JBF Group Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £9.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £82.8k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Wrexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wrexham, Wales
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £11.1m | £12.4m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £8.5m | £10m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £479k | £454k | £210k | £88.7k |
| Profit before tax | £477k | £451k | £203k | £31.9k |
| Profit after tax | £483k | £449k | £221k | £82.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £483k | £449k | £221k | £82.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 55 | 61 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 4% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 23.6% | 19.3% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £230k | £202k | £203k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £8.2k | £3.6k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | 9.2% | −58.2% | −238.7% | 204.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12% | ▲11.5% | ▼24% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▼50.8% | ▼62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲10.9% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £463k | £601k | £389k | £764k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £241k | £312k | £1.1m | £962k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £44.3k | −£264k | −£500k | £182k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 204.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲97%
- Now £764k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £962k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- JBF Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- JBF Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- JBF Group Products LtdFigures not disclosed
- JBF Group Projects LtdFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £82.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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