S Jones Containers Limited
Registered name: S JONES CONTAINERS LIMITED
Part of S Jones Holdings Ltd groupS Jones Containers Limited made £14.7m revenue and £353k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
S Jones Containers Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £14.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £353k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Walsall; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £14.2m | £13.7m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £10.1m | £10.2m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.1m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £668k | −£29.8k | £459k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £650k | −£14.9k | £474k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £413k | −£35.5k | £353k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £413k | −£35.5k | £353k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 2.9% | −0.3% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 33% | 28.6% | 25.3% | 28.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £308k | £279k | £284k |
| Profit per employee | £27.6k | £9k | −£725 | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▼3.4% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.2% | ▼108.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▲6.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2m | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £5.7m | £5.2m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £284k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S Jones Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- S Jones Containers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- U Can Store IT LimitedFigures 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 Apr 2025 (profit £353k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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