Frederick Jones (Belfast),limited
Registered name: FREDERICK JONES (BELFAST),LIMITED
Frederick Jones (Belfast),limited made £15m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Frederick Jones (Belfast),limited’s revenue was £15m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.3m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1944
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 41 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £334k |
| Profit per employee | £52.5k | £49.2k | £29.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼33.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.8m | — |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £8.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £5.3m | — |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.9m | — |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £334k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- F P & T Property Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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