Jay Retail Ltd
Registered name: JAY RETAIL LTD
Jay Retail Ltd made £11.2m revenue and £372k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Jay Retail Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £372k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Upminster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Upminster, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.5m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.7m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £538k | £573k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £389k | £420k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £365k | £372k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £365k | £372k |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 53 | 53 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.3% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 20.5% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £159k | £160k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲32.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.6% | 0% | ▲32.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £65.9k | £76.9k | £253k | £392k |
| Net assets | £514k | £562k | £878k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £374k | £363k | £688k | £926k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £834k | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £621k | £111k | £167k | £56.7k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £63.9k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £160k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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 £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £392k
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £63.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £926k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £372k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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