James Jones & Sons Limited
Registered name: JAMES JONES & SONS LIMITED
James Jones & Sons Limited made £585m revenue and £25.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
James Jones & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £585m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £25.7m profit and 2,249 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 121 yrs · since 1905
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £529m | £530m | £585m |
| Cost of sales | −£371m | −£377m | −£411m |
| Gross profit | £159m | £153m | £174m |
| Operating profit | £29.5m | £30.2m | £39.4m |
| Profit before tax | £37.3m | £32.8m | £39.6m |
| Profit after tax | £24.4m | £21.8m | £25.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £24.4m | £21.8m | £25.7m |
| Employees (average) | 2,145 | 2,216 | 2,249 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 28.9% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £247k | £239k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £9.8k | £11.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.7% | ▲18.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 2,249
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Inverclyde Windfarm LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £612k
- James Jones & Sons (Pallets and Packaging) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kerr Timber Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lancashire Saw Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST & JJ LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylormade Timber Products LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £25.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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