J a Brooks Mechanical Services Limited
Registered name: J A BROOKS MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of J a Brooks Holdings Ltd groupJ a Brooks Mechanical Services Limited made £27.1m revenue and £881k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
J a Brooks Mechanical Services Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £27.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £881k profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £24.7m | £22.7m | £27.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £18.5m | £15.1m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £6.2m | £7.6m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2m | £2.1m | £740k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £776k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2m | £1.6m | £881k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2m | £1.6m | £881k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.4m | £5.2m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 66 | 80 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 8% | 6.9% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 25.1% | 33.6% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £304k | £374k | £283k | £228k |
| Profit per employee | £30.2k | £30k | £19.6k | £7.4k |
| Cash conversion | 134.3% | 83.9% | −44.3% | 281.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.9% | ▼8% | ▲19.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▼21% | ▼43.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▲21.2% | ▲48.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £4.6m | £3.4m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £5.7m | £7.3m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £121k | £349k | £503k | £417k |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £10.5m | £11.8m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £2.6m | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £1.7m | −£912k | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £228k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 281.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲49%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £417k
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
- J a Brooks Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- J a Brooks Mechanical Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- J a Brooks Properties 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 £881k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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