Jessops Europe Limited
Registered name: JESSOPS EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Ao World PLC groupJessops Europe Limited made £19.8m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 28 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Jessops Europe Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £19.8m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 24 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Marlow,; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlow,, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 controlling party is Jessops (Group) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The directors consider that the ultimate parent undertaking of this company is PJ Investment Grou”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Oct 2022 | 1 Oct 2023 | 29 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 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) | £21.3m | £19.8m | £18.5m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £17.4m | £16.1m | £15.3m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1m | −£841k | −£748k | −£765k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.8% | −6.1% | −6.4% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 18.7% | 17.3% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £665k | £709k | £741k | £824k |
| Profit per employee | −£38.3k | −£43.4k | −£47.6k | −£44.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▼6.7% | ▲6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼10.7% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1k | £4.7k | £109k | £800k |
| Net assets | −£11.5m | −£12.7m | −£13.9m | −£14.9m |
| Fixed assets | £187k | £234k | £225k | £134k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £230k | £179k | £194k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £824k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£44.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- —
- Now −£14.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲635%
- Now £800k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £134k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ao World PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Ao Ltd75–100%
- Jessops (Group) Limited75–100%
- Jessops Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jessops Stores LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Camera Jungle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jessops Photo 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 28 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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