Fonz Leather Styles Limited
Registered name: FONZ LEATHER STYLES LIMITED
Part of JH 1 Group Ltd groupFonz Leather Styles Limited made £12.8m revenue and £532k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fonz Leather Styles Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £532k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 is a wholly owned subsidiary of JH1 Group Limited (registered in England No.14718914).”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.6m | £11.4m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.8m | £7.8m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £403k | £639k | £683k |
| Profit before tax | — | £414k | £1.4m | £716k |
| Profit after tax | — | £254k | £1.1m | £532k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £254k | £1.1m | £532k |
| Staff costs | — | £953k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 52 | 58 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.4% | 9.7% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.9% | 30.9% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £204k | £196k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.9k | £19k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −170.8% | 123.7% | 61.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7% | ▲13% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲333.1% | ▼51.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲11.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.9m | £6.9m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £20.7k | £23.7k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£688k | £790k | £421k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 61.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £23.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £2.4m
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
- JH 1 Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Fonz Leather Styles Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fenlands Sheepskin Co LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £532k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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