Jacobs Enforcement Limited
Registered name: JACOBS ENFORCEMENT LIMITED
Part of Colx Limited groupJacobs Enforcement Limited made £21.2m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Jacobs Enforcement Limited’s revenue was £21.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit and 185 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Birkenhead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birkenhead, North West
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £9.6m |
| Employees (average) | 222 | 185 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.4% | 18.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 42.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.2k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £21k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £54.5m | £58.4m |
| Fixed assets | £50.8m | £51.3m |
| Current assets | £7m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £652k | £612k |
| Deferred income | £243k | £374k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 241.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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 £58.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 185
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £374k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £51.3m
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
- Colx Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jacobs Enforcement Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Equita LimitedRev. £17.5m · Profit £2.6m
- Stirling Park LLPRev. £7.5m · Profit £1m
- Colx Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ross & Roberts LimitedRev. — · Profit £678k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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