James Gordon Limited
Registered name: JAMES GORDON LIMITED
Part of Montgomerie Holdings Limited groupJames Gordon Limited made £60.7m revenue and £868k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
James Gordon Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £60.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £868k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54m | £55.2m | £54.1m | £60.7m |
| Cost of sales | £46.7m | £47.4m | £46.8m | £51.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.8m | £7.2m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | −£50.6k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £893k | £834k | −£759k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £703k | £658k | −£634k | £868k |
| Profit (best available) | £703k | £658k | −£634k | £868k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 105 | 104 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1.2% | −1.2% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 14.1% | 13.4% | 15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £524k | £526k | £520k | £590k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £6.3k | −£6.1k | £8.4k |
| Cash conversion | 34.4% | 76.1% | — | −170.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼2.1% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▼196.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼0.9% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £770k | £1.1m | £939k | £430k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.1m | £6.3m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £637k | £788k | £1.1m | £846k |
| Current assets | £20m | £20.2m | £16.9m | £16.4m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £5m | £4.7m | £5.7m |
| Cash from operations | £370k | £985k | −£3.2m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £590k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −170.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £430k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £846k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Montgomerie Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- James Gordon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £868k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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