Jay-Be Limited
Registered name: JAY-BE LIMITED
Part of Jay-Be Holdings Limited groupJay-Be Limited made £19.2m revenue and £150k profit in the year to 17 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Jay-Be Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £19.2m in the year to 17 Aug 2025, with £150k profit and 183 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Dewsbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dewsbury, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Jay-Be Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 21 Aug 2022 | 20 Aug 2023 | 18 Aug 2024 | 17 Aug 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) | £20m | £22.3m | £18.3m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £17.4m | £14.3m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £48.3k | £173k | −£878k | £590k |
| Profit before tax | −£108k | £31.3k | −£1.1m | £200k |
| Profit after tax | £79k | £127k | −£902k | £150k |
| Profit (best available) | £79k | £127k | −£902k | £150k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £7m | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 208 | 224 | 172 | 183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.6% | −4.9% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 22.1% | 22.2% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.2k | £99.7k | £107k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £380 | £566 | −£5.2k | £819 |
| Cash conversion | — | 410.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▼17.9% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.5% | ▼811.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼23.2% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £843k | £1.8m | £1.3m | £984k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £943k | £814k |
| Fixed assets | £725k | £763k | £1.1m | £875k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £10.1m | £8.1m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £35.7k | £15k | £73.9k | £76.4k |
| Cash from operations | — | £712k | −£949k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £819
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £814k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £984k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £76.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £875k
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
- Jay-Be Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jay-Be Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 17 Aug 2025 (profit £150k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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