J.H.SHOUKSMITH & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
65
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£450k
+843.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,811,535 | £7,217,887 | £16,095,211 | £13,344,988 | £12,189,095 | £13,187,122 | +8.2% | |
| Operating profit | £333,898 | -£3,648 | £313,849 | £237,316 | £13,584 | £424,255 | +3,023.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £344,169 | £9,460 | £328,364 | £302,324 | £47,667 | £449,558 | +843.1% | |
| Net profit | £341,647 | £9,460 | £328,364 | £536,230 | £21,672 | £335,911 | +1,450% | |
| Cash | £1,590,417 | £1,675,032 | £1,123,551 | £1,338,565 | £660,096 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,023,345 | £2,993,557 | £3,321,921 | £3,818,903 | £3,801,327 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,818,903 | £3,801,327 | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,023,345 | £2,993,557 | £3,321,921 | £3,818,903 | £3,801,327 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 71 | 69 | 70 | 61 | 66 | 65 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £2,795,253 | £2,186,585 | £2,977,967 | £2,459,472 | £4,663,843 | £5,458,901 | +17% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £582,623 | £241,893 | £611,426 | £397,729 | £777,217 | £1,427,039 | +83.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £34,708 | £63,290 | £141,713 | +123.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £132,612 | £208,716 | £416,679 | +99.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | -0.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | -0.1% | 9.4% | 6.2% | 0.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 39.1% | 43.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.36x | 2.11x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 16.49x | — |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting...”
Group structure
- J.H.SHOUKSMITH & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Shouksmith Developments Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANLEY, Andrew Timothy | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | — | British |
| DURKIN, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2015-02-19 | Apr 1970 | British |
| FOSTER, Mark Howard | Director | 2020-09-29 | Feb 1969 | British |
| SHOUKSMITH, David Ian | Director | 2012-06-20 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SHOUKSMITH, Edward Stuart | Director | 2015-10-21 | Aug 1982 | English |
| SHOUKSMITH, Kathleen Elizabeth | Director | — | Aug 1943 | British |
| SHOUKSMITH, Richard Philip | Director | — | Jan 1946 | British |
| STANLEY, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2015-02-19 | Jan 1975 | English |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Donald Robertson | Secretary | — | 2006-12-31 |
| FOSTER, Colin Maxwell | Director | — | 2023-01-21 |
| FOSTER, Mark Howard | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2012-05-25 |
| FOSTER, Patricia Anne | Director | — | 2012-11-19 |
| MILLER, Anthony John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| SHOUKSMITH, Pamela | Director | 1996-08-23 | 2002-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shouksmith Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2020-11-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2020-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.