J & J Restaurants Limited
Registered name: J & J RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Part of Kefco Group Limited groupJ & J Restaurants Limited made £1.8m revenue and £14.6m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J & J Restaurants Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £1.8m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £14.6m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Rochford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochford, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company of J&J Restaurants Limited is Kefco Group”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 25 Dec 2022 | 24 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£532k | −£644k | −£662k | −£443k |
| Profit before tax | −£518k | −£622k | −£603k | £14.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£518k | −£622k | −£603k | £14.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£518k | −£622k | −£603k | £14.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −39.8% | −43.1% | −38.2% | 815% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.6k | £72.2k | £87.6k | £94.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£27.3k | −£31.1k | −£33.5k | £768k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲9.2% | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼10% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £832k | £820k | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.2m | £604k | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £11.3m | £11.3m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.9m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £178k | £123k | £137k | £266k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 815%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £768k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 631.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 416.6%
- 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
- ▲1256%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▲94%
- Now £266k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £11.3m
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
- Kefco Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J & J Restaurants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Kefco Sales LimitedRev. £44.4m · Profit £2.2m
- Chelcol LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £14.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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