J C Thomas & Sons Limited
Registered name: J C THOMAS & SONS LIMITED
Part of J C Thomas Group 1924 Limited groupJ C Thomas & Sons Limited made £21.4m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
J C Thomas & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.7m profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “J C Thomas Group 1924 Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22m | £20.1m | £21.1m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19.2m | £17.4m | £18.2m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 13.8% | 13.7% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £916k | £806k | £781k | £738k |
| Profit per employee | £64.5k | £51.5k | £50.7k | £57.5k |
| Cash conversion | 214.6% | 121.5% | 17% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▲4.7% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.8% | ▲6.4% | ▲21.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▲8% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7m | £7.2m | £2.3m | £6.2m |
| Net assets | — | — | £15.1m | £16m |
| Fixed assets | £7m | £7.3m | £8m | £5m |
| Current assets | — | — | £9.3m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.8m | £331k | £952k |
| Deferred income | £79.4k | £46.6k | £380k | £437k |
| Cash from operations | £3.9m | £2m | £277k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £738k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £57.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £16m
- Cash at bank
- ▲171%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £437k
- Fixed assets
- ▼37%
- Now £5m
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
- J C Thomas Group 1924 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J C Thomas & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- D.J. Howe (Weston) LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Somerset Storage 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 2026 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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