J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£33m
-12.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£171m
-18.6% vs 2025
Employees
1,307
-17.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£40m
-95.6% vs 2025
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-04 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £658,300,000 | £585,400,000 | £539,700,000 | £477,500,000 | -11.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£64,000,000 | £20,700,000 | -£10,100,000 | -£24,300,000 | -140.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£76,100,000 | £6,800,000 | -£20,600,000 | -£40,300,000 | -95.6% | |
| Net profit | -£56,300,000 | £3,500,000 | -£41,100,000 | -£40,300,000 | +1.9% | |
| Cash | £13,100,000 | £45,700,000 | £37,600,000 | £32,800,000 | -12.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106,300,000 | £266,500,000 | £221,400,000 | £179,500,000 | -18.9% | |
| Net assets | £106,100,000 | £254,800,000 | £209,700,000 | £170,700,000 | -18.6% | |
| Equity | £106,100,000 | £254,800,000 | £209,700,000 | £170,700,000 | -18.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,856 | 1,767 | 1,586 | 1,307 | -17.6% | |
| Wages | £61,300,000 | £63,200,000 | £58,500,000 | £50,800,000 | -13.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,400,000 | £4,100,000 | £3,200,000 | £3,000,000 | -6.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £600,000 | £1,000,000 | £1,100,000 | £1,400,000 | +27.3% |
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 | 2023-03-04 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.7% | 3.5% | -1.9% | -5.1% | |
| Net margin | -8.6% | 0.6% | -7.6% | -8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -60.2% | 7.8% | -4.6% | -13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.8% | 66.1% | 69.0% | 72.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 1.20x | 1.22x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | -3.11x | 1.29x | -0.69x | -1.29x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company is dependent on its ultimate parent company not seeking repayment of the amounts currently due to them together with any future interest payments”
Group structure
- J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Aldrex Ltd 100%
- Ambrose Wilson Ltd 100%
- Better Living Ltd 100%
- Bury Boot & Shoe Co (1953) Ltd (The) 100%
- By Post Ltd 100%
- Classic Combination Ltd 100%
- Comfortably Yours Ltd 100%
- Crescent Direct Ltd 100%
- Cuss Contractors Ltd 100%
- Dale House (Mail Order) Ltd 100%
- E Langfield & Co. Ltd 100%
- Fashion Ltd 100%
- Figleaves Global Trading Limited 100%
- First Financial Ltd 100%
- Gray & Osbourn Ltd 100%
- Halwins Ltd 100%
- Hartingdon House Ltd 100%
- Heather Valley (Woollens) Ltd 100%
- Hilton Mailing Ltd 100%
- House of Stirling (Direct Mail) Ltd 100%
- J. D. Williams Merchandise Co Ltd 100%
- JDW Finance Ltd 100%
- JDW Trustees Ltd 100%
- Langley House Ltd 100%
- Mature Wisdom Ltd 100%
- Melgold Ltd 100%
- Odhams Leisure Group Ltd 100%
- Oxendale & Co. Ltd (Eire Reg) 50%
- Reliable Collections Ltd 100%
- Sander & Kay Ltd 100%
- Speciality Home Shopping (US) Ltd 100%
- Speciality Home Shopping (US Marketing) LLC 100%
- The Value Catalogue Limited 100%
- T-Bra Limited 100%
- Whitfords (Bury) Ltd 100%
- Whitfords (Cosytred) Ltd 100%
- Whitfords (Textiles) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 12 February 2025, N Brown Group Limited - the immediate parent undertaking of the J. D. Williams Group Limited - was initially acquired by Falcon 24 Topco Limited through a combination of a share for share exchange and cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS, Christian Henry | Secretary | 2022-08-15 | — | — |
| APPLETON, Dominic | Director | 2023-06-07 | Apr 1972 | British |
| JOY, Daniel Barry | Director | 2020-01-06 | Dec 1972 | British |
| LE MAY, Malcolm | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| PIRANIE, Ashraf | Director | 2025-05-26 | Apr 1963 | British |
| PRICE, Richard | Director | 2026-09-03 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAT, Stephanie Louise | Secretary | 2015-10-29 | 2016-06-24 |
| CASEY, Theresa | Secretary | 2016-06-24 | 2021-10-29 |
| MUSTARD, Michael William | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | 2022-08-15 |
| TYNAN, Peter John | Secretary | — | 2015-10-29 |
| WELLS, Christian | Secretary | 2021-10-29 | 2022-03-01 |
| ALLIANCE, Nigel | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2019-07-10 |
| ALLIANCE, Nigel | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| ARMITAGE, Mark Adrian | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2004-03-22 |
| BASNETT, Keith | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2004-03-22 |
| BEVERIDGE, Iain Anderson | Director | 1994-05-17 | 1999-11-09 |
| BULLAS, Michael Stuart | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2004-03-12 |
| BURGIN, Judith Margaret | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-03-29 |
| CARR, Ian | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2018-03-31 |
| CHESHIRE, Mark | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| CLARK, Richard John | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2018-07-02 |
| COOK, Gerald | Director | 1994-08-16 | 2003-01-24 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Robert Michael | Director | 1994-06-06 | 1997-08-31 |
| DA CRUZ MILLER, Nuno Miguel | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| FADIL, Alyson Tracey | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2023-10-31 |
| FOGWILL, Jonathan Harry Cecil | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-03-07 |
| GREEN, Graham | Director | 1997-08-18 | 2006-08-31 |
| GREEN, Nigel Ferguson | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| GREENWOOD, Michael Irvine | Director | — | 1994-05-17 |
| HAYWOOD, Andrew Paul | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-03-30 |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2012-08-07 | 2012-08-07 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, John | Director | 2003-09-15 | 2012-01-31 |
| IZZARD, Rachel | Director | 2020-04-06 | 2023-06-06 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2026-03-24 |
| KENDRICK, Paul Robert | Director | 2008-02-25 | 2015-06-25 |
| KOWALSKI, Timothy John | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2003-12-02 |
| LEE, Angrew Stephen | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2003-08-31 |
| LOVELACE, Craig Barry | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2020-06-28 |
| MACFARLANE, Iain Sinclair | Director | — | 1997-12-24 |
| MARTIN, James | Director | — | 2002-09-02 |
| MASSINGHAM, Caroline Jane | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| MCGOWAN, Neil Angus | Director | 2008-05-12 | 2014-09-08 |
| MOORE, Dean Roderick | Director | 2004-01-28 | 2015-04-30 |
| MURPHY, Mark Antony | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-01-09 |
| NELSON, Kenyatte | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-03 |
| NELSON, Kenyatte | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2022-10-14 |
| QUINN, Linda Elizabeth | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| RISK, Keith James | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2011-11-30 |
| SHORT, Paul Newell | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2012-10-01 |
| SPINDLER, Angela Lesley | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| STEER, Ann | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2019-01-25 |
| TUCKER, Ralph Eric | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2020-01-31 |
| WARNE, Adam John | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2021-10-01 |
| WELSH, Sarah Victoria | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2023-10-31 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | 2002-09-02 | 2013-10-31 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | — | 1999-05-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Denis George Montgomery | Director | — | 2007-01-05 |
| WOOD, Timothy Peter | Director | 1994-04-26 | 1998-06-12 |
| YATES, Robert David | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Williams Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 270 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-30 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-05-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.