C. L. Jones Ltd.
Registered name: C. L. JONES LTD.
Part of C L Jones (Holding) Company Limited groupC. L. Jones Ltd. made £23.1m revenue and £617k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
C. L. Jones Ltd.’s revenue grew 8% to £23.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £617k profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Bangor; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bangor, Wales
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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) | £18.2m | £21.7m | £21.4m | £23.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £16m | £14.9m | £16.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.7m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £859k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £847k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1m | £953k | £617k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1m | £953k | £617k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 86 | 89 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 26.5% | 30.5% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £252k | £241k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £15.2k | £12k | £10.7k | £6k |
| Cash conversion | −136.2% | −93.6% | −142.1% | −192.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.5% | ▼1.1% | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.7% | ▼8% | ▼35.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲3.5% | ▲14.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £483k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £437k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£1.3m | −£1.9m | −£1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −192.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £437k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- C L Jones (Holding) Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- C. L. Jones Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- C L Jones Properties 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £617k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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