JGC Trading Limited
Registered name: JGC TRADING LIMITED
JGC Trading Limited made £81.1m revenue and £517k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
JGC Trading Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £81.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £517k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Orpington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Orpington, 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.5m | £55.3m | £76.3m | £81.1m |
| Cost of sales | £45.2m | £47.7m | £67.5m | £70.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £7.6m | £8.8m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £676k | £472k | £674k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £578k | £338k | £517k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £578k | £338k | £517k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 66 | 69 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 13.8% | 11.5% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £678k | £838k | £1.1m | £921k |
| Profit per employee | £14.2k | £8.8k | £4.9k | £5.9k |
| Cash conversion | −82.5% | −93.2% | −103.4% | −79% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲37.9% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.4% | ▼41.6% | ▲52.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.2% | ▲4.5% | ▲27.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £270k | £185k | £210k | £148k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £13.6m | £16.7m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £448k | £19.8k | £240k | £107k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£1.9m | −£2.2m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £921k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −79%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £148k
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £517k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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