JOSEPH HOLT LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£115m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
418
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.1m
Period ending 2025-12-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2025-12-28.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,493,000 | £75,947,000 | £78,339,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £4,304,000 | £4,583,000 | £5,030,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,267,000 | £4,865,000 | £5,147,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,448,000 | £2,989,000 | £2,991,000 | — | |
| Cash | £1,340,000 | £357,000 | £2,265,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £115,192,000 | £121,858,000 | £126,235,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £106,975,000 | £112,291,000 | £115,282,000 | — | |
| Equity | £106,975,000 | £112,291,000 | £115,282,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 609 | 486 | 418 | — | |
| Wages | £12,854,000 | £11,240,000 | £10,686,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £844,000 | £781,000 | £1,075,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £44,000 | £48,000 | £58,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £256,000 | £222,000 | £264,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 6.0% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.4% | 17.2% | 18.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 2.21x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 31.18x | — |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, under a range of different scenarios of varying severity, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the company financial statements.”
Group structure
- JOSEPH HOLT LIMITED · parent
- Joseph Holt Share Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- Hoi Polloi Pub Co Limited 100%
- The Cove (Stoney Stanton) Limited 100%
- Touchwood Restaurants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company's defined benefit scheme discharged all its liabilities in 2024 and was formally wound-up 5th June 2025.”
- “The company recognised a £2.4m asset in debtors in 2024 which was subsequently received in April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWAN, Philip Adrian | Secretary | 2003-03-28 | — | British |
| KERSHAW, Andrew James | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1990 | British |
| KERSHAW, Jane Marie | Director | 2021-09-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| KERSHAW, Richard Peter | Director | — | Mar 1955 | British |
| NORBURY, Mark John | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jun 1961 | English |
| ROWAN, Philip Adrian | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAGE, Timothy Guy | Secretary | — | 2003-03-28 |
| DEMPSEY, Thomas Leo | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| KERSHAW, Peter | Director | — | 2000-04-10 |
| PAGE, Timothy Guy | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2003-03-28 |
| PUGH, Bryan Butler | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| TULLY, David John | Director | 1992-09-09 | 2014-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Holt Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-17 | 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
- 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.