Skip to content
CompanySight
Company No. 05760284 · Incorporated 28 Mar 2006

JM Brands Limited

Registered name: JM BRANDS LIMITED

Part of CS Newco Holdings Limited group

JM Brands Limited made £43.4m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text

JM Brands Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £43.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Bedford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46450Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
Status
Active
Location
Bedford, South East
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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: “The Company's immediate parent undertaking is Meller Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, which is located at Unit H, Bedford Business Centre, Mile Road, Bedford, MK42 9TW. Mell”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£43.4m
Growth ▲18.2%
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▼63.2%
Profit margin
2.7%
Gross 30%
Employees
50
Change ▲21.9%
Profit / employee
£23.7k
Revenue/employee £868k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£36.7m£43.4m
Cost of sales£26m£30.4m
Gross profit£10.8m£13m
Operating profit£4.2m£1.6m
Profit before tax£4.2m£1.6m
Profit after tax£3.2m£1.2m
Profit (best available)£3.2m£1.2m
Staff costs£2.9m£3.6m
Employees (average)4150
Ratios
Profit margin8.8%2.7%
Gross margin29.3%30%
Revenue per employee£896k£868k
Profit per employee£78.7k£23.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲18.2%
Profit growth—▼63.2%
Headcount growth—▲21.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£5.6m£5.4m
Net assets£7.6m£5.6m
Fixed assets£169k£121k
Current assets£15.3m£21.7m
Debtors£8.9m£14.8m
Deferred income£323k£888k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£868k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£23.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
34%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼27%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼4%
Now £5.4m
Headcount
▲22%
Now 50
Deferred income
▲175%
Now £888k
Fixed assets
▼28%
Now £121k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. CS Newco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Meller Group Limited75–100%
  3. JM Brands Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

Similar profitable businesses

Industry benchmarks →

Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026

Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.