James Jamieson Construction Limited
Registered name: JAMES JAMIESON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of The Trustees Of The Jamieson Trust groupJames Jamieson Construction Limited made £13.6m revenue and £646k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
James Jamieson Construction Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £646k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Ellon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ellon, Scotland
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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. From the filing: “James Jamieson Ardlethen Developments Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £673k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £671k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £646k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £646k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £428k | £359k |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k | £17k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.6k | £1.4k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £974k | £504k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £610k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £359k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £1.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼45%
- Now £610k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.8m
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
- The Trustees Of The Jamieson Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- James Jamieson Ardlethen Developments Limited75–100%
- James Jamieson Construction 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 31 Dec 2023 (profit £646k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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