Jempsons Supermarkets Limited
Registered name: JEMPSONS SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
Part of Jempsons Group Holdings Limited groupJempsons Supermarkets Limited made £36.8m revenue and £573k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Jempsons Supermarkets Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £36.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £573k profit and 225 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Rye; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rye, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.7m | £36.8m |
| Cost of sales | £27.2m | £27.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £9.2m |
| Operating profit | −£88.7k | £504k |
| Profit before tax | −£977k | £508k |
| Profit after tax | −£842k | £573k |
| Profit (best available) | −£842k | £573k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 231 | 225 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.6k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £294k | £270k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £3m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £95.9k | £245k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲40%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £270k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 225
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £6.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Jempsons Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jempsons Supermarkets Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Jempsons LimitedRev. £548k · Profit −£195k
- Jempsons Bakers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jempsons Local 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £573k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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