J & J Design Ltd
Registered name: J & J DESIGN LTD
Part of Frankel 1878 Limited groupJ & J Design Ltd made £27.4m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
J & J Design Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.3m profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Rossendale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rossendale, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £21m | £24.8m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £17.5m | £18.9m | £19.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.5m | £5.9m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £812k | £1.9m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £812k | £1.9m | £3.9m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £651k | £1.6m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £651k | £1.6m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 58 | 62 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 11.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 16.6% | 23.8% | 29.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £362k | £399k | £380k |
| Profit per employee | £12.5k | £26.7k | £47k | £45.3k |
| Cash conversion | −76.1% | −77% | −73.7% | −138.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲74.8% | ▲18% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲138.1% | ▲88.2% | ▲11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲6.9% | ▲16.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £653k | £1.7m | £2.9m | £5.8m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £3.5m | £5.1m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £142k | £134k | £415k | £381k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.5m | £8.6m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3.3m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£618k | −£1.5m | −£2.9m | −£6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £380k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −138.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲101%
- Now £5.8m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £381k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Frankel 1878 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Red Nori Limited75–100%
- Red Nori SPV 1 Limited50–75%
- Red Nori Bidco 1 Limited75–100%
- J & J Fire Engineering Limited75–100%
- J & J Design 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 Mar 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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