James Gibbons Format Limited
Registered name: JAMES GIBBONS FORMAT LIMITED
Part of Newship Group Limited groupJames Gibbons Format Limited made £2.6m revenue and £4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
James Gibbons Format Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of locks and hinges” and is based in Weybridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weybridge, London
- 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. From the filing: “Newship Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £794k | £780k |
| Profit before tax | £29k | £4k |
| Profit after tax | £24k | £4k |
| Profit (best available) | £24k | £4k |
| Staff costs | £564k | £584k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £308 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £46k |
| Net assets | £294k | £298k |
| Fixed assets | £4k | £4k |
| Current assets | £913k | £953k |
| Debtors | £322k | £472k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £308
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £298k
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £46k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £4k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newship Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newship Limited75–100%
- James Gibbons Format Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Beatson Clark LimitedRev. £77.7m · Profit £6.6m
- Lewis & Towers LimitedRev. £42.6m · Profit £627k
- Newship Developments LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£376k
- Campbell & Tate LtdRev. £199k · Profit £222k
- Pont Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £9.4m
- Qdos Location Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ringwood Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rollalong Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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