JW & J Porter Limited
Registered name: JW & J PORTER LIMITED
JW & J Porter Limited made £9.8m revenue and £313k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
JW & J Porter Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £313k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.7m | £12m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.3m | £10.6m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £795k | £933k | £647k |
| Profit before tax | — | £669k | £681k | £344k |
| Profit after tax | — | £349k | £603k | £313k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £349k | £603k | £313k |
| Staff costs | — | £128k | £124k | £628k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.8% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.6% | 12.1% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £668k | £752k | £753k |
| Profit per employee | — | £18.4k | £37.7k | £24k |
| Cash conversion | — | −632.8% | 285.7% | −204.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5.2% | ▼18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲72.9% | ▼48.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼15.8% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £26.1k | £43.2k | £39.6k | £126k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £15.1m | £12.2m | £14.4m |
| Debtors | £288k | £67.9k | £32.2k | £20k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £619k | £270k | £269k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5m | £2.7m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £753k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −204.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲218%
- Now £126k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £269k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Charlestown Hall Management Company No. 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Governors Gate Demesne Management Company 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £313k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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