Proper Job Superstores Limited
Registered name: PROPER JOB SUPERSTORES LIMITED
Proper Job Superstores Limited made £36m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Proper Job Superstores Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £36m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.5m profit and 320 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” 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
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £32.8m | £36m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£25.8m | −£28.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £7m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 287 | 300 | 320 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.4% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £109k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £7k | £5.4k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.9% | ▼18.6% | ▲50.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲4.5% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.8m | £3.5m | — |
| Net assets | £10.8m | £12.5m | £14.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £9.2m | £8.8m | £9.1m | — |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £6.3m | £8m | — |
| Debtors | £7.9k | £55k | £10.4k | — |
| Deferred income | £53.4k | £53.4k | £13.2k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 320
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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