JM Brands Limited
Registered name: JM BRANDS LIMITED
Part of CS Newco Holdings Limited groupJM 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.
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 41 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CS Newco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Meller Group Limited75–100%
- JM Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Julius a Meller Management Services 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 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
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