Jacksons Timber Limited
Registered name: JACKSONS TIMBER LIMITED
Jacksons Timber Limited made £7.9m revenue and £11.1k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Jacksons Timber Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £11.1k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Cumbria; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbria, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £8.2m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £629k | £695k | £76.5k |
| Profit before tax | £628k | £692k | £54.6k |
| Profit after tax | £433k | £512k | £11.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £433k | £512k | £11.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 62 | 63 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5% | 6.3% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 32.5% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £132k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £8.3k | £176 |
| Cash conversion | −251% | −99% | 224.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.4% | ▼97.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £311k | £202k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £997k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £282k | £350k | £51.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£688k | £172k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £176
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 224.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 68.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £202k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▼85%
- Now £51.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £5.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £11.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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