Johnsons Leisure Limited
Registered name: JOHNSONS LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Johnsons Holdings South East Limited groupJohnsons Leisure Limited made £16.6m revenue and £276k profit in the year to 29 Aug 2024. read from filing text
Johnsons Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £16.6m in the year to 29 Aug 2024, with £276k profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores” and is based in Kent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Aug 2022 | 30 Aug 2023 | 29 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £15.5m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £10.5m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £242k | £491k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £120k | £272k |
| Profit after tax | £905k | £79.3k | £276k |
| Profit (best available) | £905k | £79.3k | £276k |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £5.3m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 152 | 135 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 31.9% | 31.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £102k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £522 | £2k |
| Cash conversion | 49.6% | 957.7% | −195% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.7% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91.2% | ▲247.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £432k | £537k | £601k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £46.3k | £42.6k | £37k |
| Deferred income | £56.2k | £69.3k | £106k |
| Cash from operations | £581k | £2.3m | −£957k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −195%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £601k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £106k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Johnsons Holdings South East Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Johnsons Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Glebe Fencing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Johnsons Developments South East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unity Energy 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 29 Aug 2024 (profit £276k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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