Jim Lawrence Traditional Ironwork Limited
Registered name: JIM LAWRENCE TRADITIONAL IRONWORK LIMITED
Jim Lawrence Traditional Ironwork Limited made £11.7m revenue and £633k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Jim Lawrence Traditional Ironwork Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £11.7m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £633k profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soft furnishings” and is based in Hadleigh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hadleigh, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £11.5m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£7m | −£6.3m | −£6.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £849k | £880k | £819k |
| Profit before tax | £853k | £896k | £829k |
| Profit after tax | £708k | £669k | £633k |
| Profit (best available) | £708k | £669k | £633k |
| Employees (average) | 162 | 142 | 139 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 45.2% | 46% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.9k | £80.7k | £84.2k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £4.7k | £4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.3% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Suffolk Glass (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £633k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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