C J Cox Limited
Registered name: C J COX LIMITED
C J Cox Limited made £19.9m revenue and £933k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
C J Cox Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £933k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Dorset; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorset, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.1m | £16.6m | £19m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £15.3m | £16.8m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £843k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £847k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £626k | £1.3m | £933k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £626k | £1.3m | £933k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 32 | 35 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 7.8% | 11.6% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £716k | £518k | £544k | £554k |
| Profit per employee | £44.2k | £19.6k | £36.1k | £25.9k |
| Cash conversion | 14.8% | −42.3% | −37.9% | −169.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▲14.9% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49.4% | ▲101.6% | ▼26.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲9.4% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £535k | £290k | £281k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £8.7m | £9.8m | £10.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.7m | £8.7m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £229k | −£356k | −£632k | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £554k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −169.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £10.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲536%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £933k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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