J5C Management Limited
Registered name: J5C MANAGEMENT LIMITED
J5C Management Limited made £29.6m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
J5C Management Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £29.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.2m profit and 728 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.9m | £29.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £17.8m | £19.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £977k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £977k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 615 | 728 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 66.1% | 66.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.7k | £40.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −208.3% | −168.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £555k | £334k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −168.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 728
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £334k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £6.5m
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 Dec 2023 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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