Jacksons Dairies Ltd
Registered name: JACKSONS DAIRIES LTD
Jacksons Dairies Ltd made £14.2m revenue and a £545k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Jacksons Dairies Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £545k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “liquid milk and cream production” and is based in Hazel Grove, Stockport; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hazel Grove, Stockport, North West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | −£92.5k | −£587k |
| Profit before tax | −£218k | −£726k |
| Profit after tax | £10.4k | −£545k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.4k | −£545k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £274k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £193 | −£9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5329% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £27.8k | £10k |
| Net assets | £542k | −£3.5k |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £82.1k | £70.3k |
| Cash from operations | £471k | £325k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▼101%
- Now −£3.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £10k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £70.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £1.4m
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£545k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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