JAMES LATHAM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Cash
£51m
-25.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£232m
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
611
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£25m
+3.3% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £366,514,000 | £366,610,000 | £393,040,000 | +7.2% | |
| Operating profit | £26,143,000 | £20,193,000 | £22,002,000 | +9% | |
| Profit before tax | £30,262,000 | £24,281,000 | £25,090,000 | +3.3% | |
| Net profit | £22,661,000 | £18,146,000 | £18,599,000 | +2.5% | |
| Cash | £75,881,000 | £69,117,000 | £51,203,000 | -25.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £234,745,000 | £245,433,000 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £218,617,000 | £220,480,000 | £232,315,000 | +5.4% | |
| Equity | £218,617,000 | £220,480,000 | £232,315,000 | +5.4% | |
| Average employees | 565 | 588 | 611 | +3.9% | |
| Wages | £23,037,000 | £24,527,000 | £27,108,000 | +10.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £979,000 | £1,191,000 | £1,456,000 | +22.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £101,000 | £190,000 | £270,000 | +42.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £336,000 | £306,000 | £379,000 | +23.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 5.5% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 4.9% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.6% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.8% | 20.0% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.43x | 4.93x | 4.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | 58.19x | 60.78x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors confirm that the business is a going concern”
Group structure
- JAMES LATHAM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Lathams Limited 100%
- Abbey Wood Agencies Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The National Distribution Centre project has commenced, is on-track and gaining momentum. Work is currently underway on refining internal systems to ensure the benefits of the National Distribution Centre are realised as soon as possible.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNMOW, David Alan | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | — | British |
| BARKER, Jolyon Ronald Thomas | Director | 2026-03-12 | Dec 1967 | British |
| DUNMOW, David Alan | Director | 2000-01-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| FRENCH, Philip Luke Fabian | Director | 2015-10-16 | May 1959 | British |
| KERRIGAN, Paula Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-18 | Mar 1972 | British |
| LATHAM, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2007-04-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| LATHAM, Piers Francis | Director | 2014-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WIDLINSKI, Nicholas James | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jun 1981 | British |
| WRIGHT, Andrew George | Director | 2015-04-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Terence George | Secretary | — | 1995-04-01 |
| LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 2005-10-01 |
| BUSHELL, Meryl Anne | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| KEMP, Terence George | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| LATHAM, Christopher George Arnot | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| LATHAM, David Russell | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| LATHAM, James Miles | Director | — | 2000-07-31 |
| LATHAM, Peter Douglas Langdon | Director | — | 2017-08-24 |
| LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2015-10-16 |
| LATHAM, Roger John | Director | — | 2006-12-15 |
| MARTIN, Roderick Stanley | Director | 1992-08-18 | 2000-07-31 |
| PARKINSON, Malcolm Ross | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2008-08-31 |
| SUTTON, Christopher David | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2019-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.